KR20160113634A - Coverage enhancement transmission apparatus, system and method for system message - Google Patents

Abstract

There is provided a coverage enhancement transmission apparatus for a system message, the apparatus comprising a determination unit and a transmission unit. Wherein the determination unit is configured to determine configuration information, wherein the configuration information is used to indicate a system message transmission configuration in a system message window, and wherein the transmission unit is configured to receive a system message according to the configuration information , To send a system message on the resource indicated by the configuration information. In addition, another coverage enhancement transmission system for system messages and a coverage enhancement transmission system and method for system messages are additionally provided.

Description

[0001] COVERAGE ENHANCEMENT TRANSMISSION APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SYSTEM MESSAGE [0002]

The present invention relates to the field of communications technology, and more particularly, to a device, system, and method for enhancing coverage for system messages.

Objects The Internet is a network in which information about the physical world is obtained by arranging various devices with specific capabilities of cognition, computation, execution, and communication, and information transmission, collaboration, and processing are performed by using the network, Interconnections between objects and objects and interconnections between objects are realized. Simply put, the things Internet is intended to realize interconnection between objects and one thing and interconnection between objects.

As the third wave of the information industry that follows computer and the Internet, the development of the Internet of things is highly anticipated, and it is recognized and appreciated widely by research institutes and industries. In addition, related standards bodies are also beginning to work on the standardization of technology related to Internet of things. Machine Type Communication (MTC) is one of the applications of the Internet of things. In order to allow a relatively lossy MTC device, for example a MTC device located in a cellar, to access the network and obtain service, a standard mechanism is proposed to enhance and optimize mobile communication network coverage. Signal repetition is one of the ways to realize coverage enhancement. In addition, for MTC devices located in different environments, other degrees of coverage may be used additionally, for example, other signal repetition times are used.

According to the existing protocol, the system message is transmitted to the SIB 2 and the SIB 3 encapsulated in the master information block (MIB), the system information block 1 (SIB 1), and the system information (SI) And may include a variety of different system message information (SIBs). Different system messages are transmitted in different message windows and the system defines the si-WindowLength and si-Periodicity for the system message window (SI-window) of this system message. The cycle actually specifies how many times the system message window appears. In a system message window, a system message may be delivered once or several times and may be scheduled via a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) scrambled using SI-RANTI. The terminal apparatus also performs blind detection on the PDCCH scrambled using the SI-RNTI in the system message window to determine whether there is a system message to be delivered and detects whether there is corresponding scheduling information of the system message. That is, the system message configuration and the system message transmission configuration in the system message window (e.g., in the case of a configuration in which a subframe system message is to be delivered) is not known to the terminal device and is determined by the base station.

During research and practice of the prior art, the inventors of the present invention have found that, in the enhancement of coverage, if the terminal device can not accurately know the system message transmission configuration in the system message window, It does not help to perform the operation, and it has been found that this increases the processing complexity of the terminal device and adversely affects the coverage enhancement.

Embodiments of the present invention provide a coverage enhancement transmission device, system, and method for system messages, whereby a terminal device can accurately know the configuration of sending a system message in a system message window, And a receive attempt (continuous try) operation, which is effective in reducing the processing complexity of the terminal device and enhancing coverage.

According to a first aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a network side apparatus for a system message, the apparatus comprising a determination unit and a transmission unit,

Wherein the determination unit is configured to determine configuration information, wherein the configuration information is used to indicate a system message transmission configuration within a system message window,

The transmission unit is configured to transmit the system message on the resource indicated by the configuration information so that the terminal apparatus can receive the system message according to the configuration information.

In a first possible implementation, with reference to a first aspect, a network side apparatus for a system message,

A notification unit configured to notify the terminal apparatus of the configuration information;

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In a second possible implementation, with reference to the first aspect,

Specifically, the determination unit is configured to determine the configuration information according to the configuration rule agreed between the network side apparatus and the terminal apparatus.

In a third possible implementation, with reference to a first view, or a second possible implementation of the first view,

Wherein the transmission unit is configured to: send a system message in all available subframes within the system message window when the system message transmission configuration indicates that the system message should be transmitted in all available subframes in the system message window .

In a fourth possible embodiment, referring to the first aspect, or the first or second possible embodiment of the first aspect,

Specifically, the determination unit is configured to obtain a system message configuration including a configuration of a window length of the system message window and a configuration of a system message period, and to determine configuration information according to the obtained system message configuration.

In a fifth possible embodiment, referring to the first aspect, or the first or second possible embodiment of the first aspect,

Specifically, the determination unit obtains the coverage enhancement requirement information of the system message, the coverage enhancement level information of the system message, the repeat number requirement information of the system message, and / or the requirement information of the number of attempts to receive the terminal, Based on the acquired coverage enhancement requirement information of the system message, the acquired coverage enhancement level information of the system message, the obtained number-of-repetition requirement information of the system message, and / Information is determined.

In a sixth possible embodiment, with reference to a fifth possible embodiment of the first aspect,

Specifically, the determination unit is configured to determine whether the system message includes the acquired coverage enhancement requirement information of the system message, the acquired coverage enhancement level information of the system message, the obtained iteration count requirement information of the system message, and / Determines the system message configuration according to the number-of-attempts requirement information, and determines the configuration information according to the determined system message configuration.

In a seventh possible embodiment, with reference to a fifth possible embodiment of the first aspect,

Specifically, the determination unit is configured to determine whether the system message includes the acquired coverage enhancement requirement information of the system message, the acquired coverage enhancement level information of the system message, the obtained iteration count requirement information of the system message, and / Determining a number of times of transmission of the system message according to the number-of-attempts requirement information, obtaining a window length of the system message window, and determining, based on the window length and the number of transmissions, Information, and the information on the sub-frame includes a position of at least a sub-frame.

In an eighth possible embodiment, with reference to a sixth possible embodiment of the first aspect,

Specifically, the determination unit selects a sub-frame from the system message window to transmit a system message, or extends the system message window when the window length is sufficient to transmit N system messages, Selecting a subframe from the message window to transmit a system message or N is the number of transmissions; Or to expand the system message window when the window length is not sufficient to transmit N system messages and to select a subframe from the extended system message window to transmit the system message.

In a ninth possible embodiment, with reference to a seventh possible embodiment of the first aspect,

Specifically, the determination unit is configured to select a subframe from a plurality of consecutive system message windows of the determination unit and transmit a system message according to the window length and the number of transmissions.

In a tenth possible embodiment, with reference to a seventh possible embodiment of the first aspect,

The determination unit is specifically:

Acquiring a system message period,

Determining if the system message period exceeds a predetermined period threshold and if the period exceeds the period threshold and the window length is determined to be sufficient to transmit N system messages, Selecting a frame to transmit a system message, expanding the system message window, selecting a subframe from the extended system message window to transmit a system message; or

Expanding the system message window when the window length is not sufficient to transmit N system messages, selecting a subframe from the extended system message window to transmit a system message, or N is the number of transmissions; or

And selecting a subframe from a plurality of consecutive system message windows according to the window length and the number of transmissions when the period does not exceed the period threshold value, and transmit the system message.

In an eleventh possible embodiment, with reference to a seventh possible embodiment of the first aspect,

Specifically, the determination unit determines the number of reception attempts of the terminal apparatus according to the reception attempt frequency requirement information of the terminal apparatus, expands the system message window when it is determined that the reception attempt number is larger than a predetermined threshold value, Selects a subframe from the extended system message window according to the window length and the number of transmissions, and transmits a system message.

According to a second aspect, an embodiment of the present invention further provides a terminal device, wherein the terminal device includes a determination unit and a reception unit,

Wherein the determination unit is configured to determine configuration information, wherein the configuration information is used to indicate a system message transmission configuration within a system message window,

The receiving unit is configured to receive, on the resource indicated by the configuration information, the system message transmitted by the base station apparatus.

In a first possible implementation, with reference to the second aspect,

The receiving unit is further configured to receive a notification transmitted by the base station apparatus with respect to the configuration information before the configuration information is determined,

The determination unit is configured to determine configuration information in accordance with the notification.

In a second possible implementation, with reference to the second aspect,

The determination unit is configured to specifically determine configuration information according to a configuration rule agreed between the terminal device and the base station device.

In a third possible implementation, referring to the first or second possible implementation of the second aspect,

The receiving unit specifically includes: when the system message transmission configuration indicates that the system message should be transmitted in all available subframes in the system message window, in all available subframes in the system message window, Lt; RTI ID = 0.0 > a < / RTI >

In a fourth possible implementation, with reference to a second possible embodiment of the second aspect,

The determination unit is configured to: obtain a system message configuration including a configuration of a window length of the system message window and a configuration of a system message period, and determine configuration information according to the obtained system message configuration.

In a fifth possible embodiment, with reference to a second possible embodiment of the second aspect,

Specifically, the determination unit obtains the coverage enhancement requirement information of the system message, the coverage enhancement level information of the system message, the repeat number requirement information of the system message, and / or the requirement information of the number of attempts to receive the terminal, Based on the acquired coverage enhancement requirement information of the system message, the acquired coverage enhancement level information of the system message, the obtained number-of-repetition requirement information of the system message, and / Information is determined.

In a sixth possible implementation, with reference to a fifth possible implementation of the second aspect,

Specifically, the determination unit is configured to determine whether the system message includes the acquired coverage enhancement requirement information of the system message, the acquired coverage enhancement level information of the system message, the obtained iteration count requirement information of the system message, and / The system message configuration is determined according to the number-of-attempts requirement information, and the configuration is determined according to the determined system message configuration.

In a seventh possible embodiment, with reference to a fifth possible embodiment of the second aspect,

Specifically, the determination unit is configured to determine whether the system message includes the acquired coverage enhancement requirement information of the system message, the acquired coverage enhancement level information of the system message, the obtained iteration count requirement information of the system message, and / The number of times of transmission of the system message is determined according to the number-of-attempts requirement information, the window length of the system message window is obtained, and the number of sub-frames used for transmitting the system message, , And information on the subframe includes at least the position of the subframe.

In an eighth possible embodiment, with reference to a seventh possible embodiment of the second aspect,

The determining unit is configured to: receive a system message transmitted by the base station apparatus by selecting a subframe from the system message window when the window length is sufficient to transmit N system messages, - selecting a subframe from the extended system message window to receive the system message transmitted by the base station apparatus, or - N being the number of transmissions; Or to expand the system message window when the window length is not sufficient to transmit N system messages and to select a subframe from the extended system message window to receive the system message sent by the base station apparatus Consists of.

In a ninth possible embodiment, with reference to a seventh possible embodiment of the second aspect,

The determination unit is configured to select a subframe from a plurality of consecutive system message windows and receive a system message transmitted by the base station apparatus, in accordance with the window length and the number of transmissions.

In a tenth possible embodiment, with reference to a seventh possible embodiment of the second aspect,

The determination unit is specifically:

Acquiring a system message period,

Determining if the system message period exceeds a predetermined period threshold and if the period exceeds the period threshold and the window length is determined to be sufficient to transmit N system messages, Selecting a frame to receive a system message sent by the base station device, expanding the system message window, selecting a subframe from the extended system message window to receive a system message sent by the base station device; Or when the window length is not sufficient to transmit N system messages, expanding the system message window and selecting a subframe from the extended system message window to receive the system message sent by the base station apparatus - N is the number of transmissions; or

And selecting a subframe from a plurality of consecutive system message windows according to the window length and the number of transmissions when the period does not exceed the period threshold value to receive the system message transmitted by the base station apparatus .

In an eleventh possible embodiment, with reference to a seventh possible embodiment of the second aspect,

Specifically, the determination unit determines the number of reception attempts of the terminal apparatus according to the reception attempt frequency requirement information of the terminal apparatus, expands the system message window when it is determined that the reception attempt number is greater than a predetermined threshold value, And selects a subframe from the extended system message window according to the window length and the number of transmissions to receive the system message transmitted by the base station apparatus.

According to a third aspect, an embodiment of the present invention further provides a communication system, wherein the communication system includes the network side apparatus and the terminal apparatus provided in the embodiment of the present invention.

According to a fourth aspect, an embodiment of the present invention further provides a method of transmitting a coverage enhancement for a system message, the method comprising:

Determining configuration information, wherein the configuration information is used to indicate a system message transmission configuration within a system message window; And

Transmitting a system message on the resource indicated by the configuration information so that the terminal device can receive the system message according to the configuration information

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In a first possible implementation, referring to a fourth aspect, after the step of determining the configuration information, the method comprises:

Notifying the terminal device of the configuration information

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In a second possible implementation, referring to a fourth aspect, the step of determining the configuration information comprises:

A step of determining the configuration information according to a configuration rule agreed upon between the network side device and the terminal device

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In a third possible implementation, referring to a first or second possible implementation of the fourth view or the fourth view, it is determined whether the system message is to be transmitted in all available subframes within the system message window, Wherein when transmitting the transmission, sending a system message on the resource indicated by the configuration information comprises:

Transmitting a system message in all available subframes within the system message window

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In a fourth possible embodiment, referring to the first or second possible embodiment of the fourth aspect or the fourth aspect, the step of determining the configuration information comprises the steps of:

Obtaining a system message configuration including a configuration of a window length of the system message window and a configuration of a system message period; And

Determining configuration information according to the obtained system message configuration

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In a fifth possible embodiment, referring to the first or second possible embodiment of the fourth aspect or the fourth aspect, the step of determining the configuration information comprises:

Acquiring the coverage enhancement requirement information of the system message, the coverage enhancement level information of the system message, the repeat number requirement information of the system message, and / or the requirement information of the number of attempts to receive the terminal device; And

Based on the acquired coverage enhancement requirement information of the system message, the acquired coverage enhancement level information of the system message, the obtained number-of-repetition requirement information of the system message, and / Steps to determine information

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In a sixth possible implementation, referring to a fifth possible implementation of the fourth aspect, the obtained coverage enhancement requirement information of the system message, the acquired coverage enhancement level information of the system message, the obtained number of repetitions of the system message The step of determining the configuration information according to the requirement information, and / or the received attempt frequency requirement information of the terminal apparatus,

Based on the acquired coverage enhancement requirement information of the system message, the acquired coverage enhancement level information of the system message, the obtained number-of-repetition requirement information of the system message, and / Determining a message configuration; And

Determining configuration information according to the determined system message configuration

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In a seventh possible implementation, referring to a fifth possible implementation of the fourth aspect, if the system message transmission configuration includes information about a subframe used when the system message is transmitted, The step of determining the configuration information according to the coverage enhancement requirement information, the obtained coverage enhancement level information of the system message, the obtained number-of-repetition requirement information of the system message, and / :

And the information about the number of times of reception of the system message received, information on the obtained coverage enhancement level of the system message, information on the obtained coverage enhancement level of the system message, information on the number of times of repeated acquisition of the system message, Determining a number of transmissions of a system message;

Obtaining a window length of the system message window; And

Determining information about a subframe used when the system message is transmitted according to the window length and the number of transmissions

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The information on the sub-frame includes at least the position of the sub-frame.

In an eighth possible embodiment, with reference to a seventh possible embodiment of the fourth aspect,

Determining information about a subframe used when the system message is transmitted, according to the window length and the number of transmissions, comprises:

Selecting a subframe from the system message window to transmit a system message when the window length is sufficient to transmit N system messages, expanding the system message window, selecting a subframe from the extended system message window Transmitting a system message, wherein N is the number of transmissions; or

Expanding the system message window when the window length is not sufficient to transmit N system messages, selecting a subframe from the extended system message window and transmitting a system message

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In a ninth possible embodiment, with reference to a seventh possible embodiment of the fourth aspect,

Determining information about a subframe used when the system message is transmitted, according to the window length and the number of transmissions, comprises:

Selecting a subframe from a plurality of consecutive system message windows according to the window length and the number of transmissions and transmitting a system message

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In a tenth possible implementation, referring to a seventh possible implementation of the fourth aspect, the coverage enhancement transmission method comprises:

Acquiring a system message period

Further comprising:

Determining information about a subframe used when the system message is transmitted, according to the window length and the number of transmissions, comprises:

Determining if the system message period exceeds a predetermined period threshold; And

When the period exceeds the period threshold, selecting a subframe from the system message window to transmit a system message when the window length is determined to be sufficient to transmit N system messages, Selecting a subframe from the extended system message window to transmit a system message; Or when the window length is not sufficient to transmit N system messages, expanding the system message window, selecting a subframe from the extended system message window and transmitting a system message, N is the number of transmissions -; or

Selecting a subframe from a plurality of consecutive system message windows according to the window length and the number of transmissions if the period does not exceed the period threshold and transmitting the system message

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In the eleventh possible embodiment, referring to the seventh possible embodiment of the fourth aspect, according to the window length and the number of transmissions, before determining the information on the subframe used when the system message is transmitted The coverage enhancement transmission method is:

Determining a number of reception attempts of the terminal apparatus according to the reception attempt frequency requirement information of the terminal apparatus and expanding the system message window when the reception attempt number is determined to be larger than a predetermined threshold value

Further comprising:

Determining information on a subframe used when the system message is transmitted, according to the window length and the number of transmissions,

Selecting a subframe from the extended system message window according to the window length and the number of transmissions and transmitting a system message

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According to a fifth aspect, an embodiment of the present invention further provides a coverage enhancement transmission method for a system message, the method comprising:

Determining configuration information, wherein the configuration information is used to indicate a system message transmission configuration within a system message window; And

Receiving, on the resource indicated by the configuration information, a system message transmitted by the base station apparatus

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In a first possible implementation, referring to a fifth aspect, prior to the step of determining the configuration information, the method for enhancing coverage transmission comprises:

Receiving a notification transmitted by the base station apparatus with respect to the configuration information

Further comprising:

Wherein the step of determining the configuration information comprises:

Determining configuration information in accordance with the notification

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In a second possible implementation, referring to the fifth aspect, the step of determining the configuration information comprises:

Determining configuration information according to a configuration rule agreed upon by the terminal device and the base station device

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In a third possible implementation, referring to a first or second possible implementation of the fifth aspect, the system message transmission configuration indicates that the system message should be transmitted in all available subframes within the system message window Receiving a system message transmitted by the base station apparatus on the resource indicated by the configuration information comprises the steps of:

Receiving, in all available subframes within the system message window, a system message sent by the base station apparatus

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In a fourth possible embodiment, referring to a second possible implementation of the fifth aspect, the step of determining configuration information according to a configuration rule agreed upon by the terminal device and the base station device comprises the steps of:

Obtaining a system message configuration including a configuration of a window length of the system message window and a configuration of a system message period; And

Determining configuration information according to the obtained system message configuration

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In a fifth possible embodiment, referring to a second possible embodiment of the fifth aspect, the step of determining configuration information according to a configuration rule agreed upon by the terminal device and the base station device comprises the steps of:

Acquiring the coverage enhancement requirement information of the system message, the coverage enhancement level information of the system message, the repeat number requirement information of the system message, and / or the requirement information of the number of attempts to receive the terminal device; And

Based on the acquired coverage enhancement requirement information of the system message, the acquired coverage enhancement level information of the system message, the obtained number-of-repetition requirement information of the system message, and / Steps to determine information

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In a sixth possible implementation, with reference to a second possible implementation of the fifth aspect, the acquired coverage enhancement requirement information of the system message, the acquired coverage enhancement level information of the system message, the obtained number of repetitions of the system message The step of determining the configuration information according to the requirement information, and / or the received attempt frequency requirement information of the terminal apparatus,

Based on the acquired coverage enhancement requirement information of the system message, the acquired coverage enhancement level information of the system message, the obtained number-of-repetition requirement information of the system message, and / Determining a message configuration; And

Determining a configuration according to the determined system message configuration

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In a seventh possible implementation, referring to a fifth possible embodiment of the fifth aspect, if the system message transmission configuration includes information about a subframe used when the base station device transmits a system message, The configuration information is determined according to the obtained coverage enhancement requirement information, the acquired coverage enhancement level information of the system message, the obtained number-of-repetition requirement information of the system message, and / The steps are:

And the information about the number of times of reception of the system message received, information on the obtained coverage enhancement level of the system message, information on the obtained coverage enhancement level of the system message, information on the number of times of repeated acquisition of the system message, Determining a number of transmissions of a system message;

Obtaining a window length of the system message window; And

Determining information about a subframe used when the base station apparatus transmits a system message according to the window length and the number of transmissions

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The information on the sub-frame includes at least the position of the sub-frame.

In a eighth possible implementation, referring to a seventh possible embodiment of the fifth aspect, the step of determining information on the subframe used when the base station device transmits the system message, according to the window length and the number of transmissions Is:

Selecting a subframe from the system message window to receive a system message sent by the base station apparatus when the window length is sufficient to transmit N system messages, expanding the system message window, Selecting a subframe from a message window and receiving a system message transmitted by the base station apparatus, wherein N is the number of transmissions; or

Expanding the system message window when the window length is not sufficient to transmit N system messages and selecting a subframe from the extended system message window to receive a system message sent by the base station apparatus

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In a ninth possible embodiment, referring to a seventh possible embodiment of the fifth aspect, the step of determining information on a subframe used when the base station apparatus transmits a system message, according to the window length and the number of transmissions Is:

Selecting a subframe from a plurality of consecutive system message windows according to the window length and the number of transmissions and receiving a system message transmitted by the base station apparatus

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In a tenth possible embodiment, referring to a seventh possible embodiment of the fifth aspect, the method for enhancing coverage transmission comprises:

Acquiring a system message period

Further comprising:

Determining information on a subframe used when the base station apparatus transmits a system message according to the window length and the number of transmissions includes the steps of:

Determining if the system message period exceeds a predetermined period threshold; And

Selecting a subframe from the system message window to receive a system message sent by the base station apparatus when the window length is determined to be sufficient to transmit N system messages if the period exceeds the period threshold, Expanding the system message window, selecting a subframe from the extended system message window to receive a system message sent by the base station apparatus; Or when the window length is not sufficient to transmit N system messages, expanding the system message window and selecting a subframe from the extended system message window to receive a system message sent by the base station apparatus Step - N is the number of transmissions; or

Selecting a subframe from a plurality of consecutive system message windows according to the window length and the number of transmissions if the period does not exceed the period threshold and receiving a system message transmitted by the base station apparatus

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In the eleventh possible embodiment, referring to the seventh possible embodiment of the fifth aspect, the step of determining information on the subframe used when the base station device transmits the system message, according to the window length and the number of transmissions Previously, the coverage enhancement transmission method comprises:

Determining a number of reception attempts of the terminal apparatus according to the reception attempt frequency requirement information of the terminal apparatus and expanding the system message window when the reception attempt number is determined to be larger than a predetermined threshold value

Further comprising:

Determining information on a subframe used when the base station apparatus transmits a system message according to the window length and the number of transmissions,

Selecting a subframe from the extended system message window according to the window length and the number of transmissions and receiving a system message transmitted by the base station apparatus

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According to a sixth aspect, an embodiment of the present invention further provides a base station device, the base station device comprising: a processor, a memory configured to store data, and a receive and transmit interface configured to receive and transmit data In addition,

Wherein the processor is configured to determine configuration information, the configuration information being used to indicate a system message transmission configuration in a system message window, and to control the receiving and transmitting interface to transmit a system message on the resource indicated by the configuration information In addition,

The receiving and transmitting interface is configured to transmit a system message on the resource indicated by the configuration information under the control of the processor so that the terminal device can receive the system message according to the configuration information.

In a first possible implementation, with reference to a sixth aspect,

Wherein the processor is further configured to control the receiving and transmitting interface to notify the terminal device of the configuration information,

The receiving and transmitting interface is configured to notify the terminal device of the configuration information under the control of the processor.

In a second possible implementation, with reference to the sixth aspect,

Specifically, the processor is configured to determine configuration information according to a configuration rule agreed upon between the network side apparatus and the terminal apparatus.

In a third possible embodiment, referring to the first or second possible embodiment of the sixth or sixth aspect,

The processor controls the receive and transmit interfaces to control all use in the system message window, in particular when the system message transmission configuration indicates that the system message should be transmitted in all available subframes in the system message window And to transmit the system message in a possible subframe,

The receiving and transmitting interface is specifically configured to transmit a system message in all available subframes within the system message window under the control of the processor.

In a fourth possible embodiment, with reference to the first or second possible embodiment of the sixth or sixth aspect,

Specifically, the processor is configured to obtain a system message configuration including a configuration of a window length of the system message window and a configuration of a system message period, and to determine configuration information according to the obtained system message configuration.

In a fifth possible embodiment, with reference to the first or second possible embodiment of the sixth or sixth aspect,

Specifically, the processor obtains coverage enhancement requirement information of the system message, coverage enhancement level information of the system message, recurrence frequency requirement information of the system message, and / or requirement information of the number of times of reception of the terminal device, Based on the acquired coverage enhancement requirement information of the system message, the acquired coverage enhancement level information of the system message, the obtained number-of-repetition requirement information of the system message, and / As shown in FIG.

In a sixth possible implementation, with reference to a fifth possible implementation of the sixth aspect,

Specifically, the processor is configured to determine whether the received coverage enhancement requirement information of the system message, the acquired coverage enhancement level information of the system message, the obtained iteration count requirement information of the system message, and / Determines the system message configuration according to the number requirement information, and determines the configuration information according to the determined system message configuration.

In a seventh possible embodiment, with reference to a fifth possible embodiment of the sixth aspect,

Specifically, the processor is configured to determine whether the received coverage enhancement requirement information of the system message, the acquired coverage enhancement level information of the system message, the obtained iteration count requirement information of the system message, and / Determines the number of times of transmission of the system message according to the number requirement information, acquires the window length of the system message window, and acquires information about a subframe used when the system message is transmitted according to the window length and the number of transmissions , And the information on the subframe includes at least the position of the subframe.

According to a seventh aspect, an embodiment of the present invention further provides a terminal device, wherein the terminal device comprises a processor, a memory configured to store data, and a receive and transmit interface configured to receive and transmit data, ,

Wherein the processor is configured to determine configuration information, wherein the configuration information is used to indicate a system message transmission configuration within a system message window,

The receiving and transmitting interface is configured to receive, on the resource indicated by the configuration information, the system message transmitted by the base station apparatus.

In a first possible implementation, with reference to a seventh aspect,

Wherein the receiving and transmitting interface is further configured to receive a notification sent by the base station apparatus with respect to the configuration information,

The processor is configured to determine configuration information in accordance with the notification.

In a second possible implementation, with reference to a seventh aspect,

Specifically, the processor is configured to determine configuration information according to a configuration rule agreed between the terminal device and the base station device.

In a third possible embodiment, referring to the first or second possible embodiment of the seventh or seventh aspect,

The receiving and interface specifically specifies, when the system message transmission configuration indicates that the system message should be transmitted in all available subframes in the system message window, in all available subframes in the system message window, And is configured to receive a system message sent by the device.

In a fourth possible implementation, with reference to a second possible implementation of the seventh aspect,

Specifically, the processor is configured to obtain a system message configuration including a configuration of a window length of the system message window and a configuration of a system message period, and to determine configuration information according to the obtained system message configuration.

In a fifth possible embodiment, with reference to a second possible embodiment of the seventh aspect,

Specifically, the processor obtains coverage enhancement requirement information of the system message, coverage enhancement level information of the system message, recurrence frequency requirement information of the system message, and / or requirement information of the number of times of reception of the terminal device, Based on the acquired coverage enhancement requirement information of the system message, the acquired coverage enhancement level information of the system message, the obtained number-of-repetition requirement information of the system message, and / As shown in FIG.

In a sixth possible implementation, with reference to a fifth possible implementation of the seventh aspect,

Specifically, the processor is configured to determine whether the received coverage enhancement requirement information of the system message, the acquired coverage enhancement level information of the system message, the obtained iteration count requirement information of the system message, and / Determines the system message configuration according to the number requirement information, and determines the configuration according to the determined system message configuration.

In a seventh possible embodiment, with reference to a fifth possible embodiment of the seventh aspect,

Specifically, the processor is configured to determine whether the received coverage enhancement requirement information of the system message, the acquired coverage enhancement level information of the system message, the obtained iteration count requirement information of the system message, and / Determines the number of transmissions of the system message according to the frequency requirement information, obtains the window length of the system message window, and determines the number of transmission times of the system message window based on the window length and the number of transmissions, , And the information on the subframe includes at least the position of the subframe.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the following solution is used: configuration information is determined, wherein the configuration information is used to indicate a system message transmission configuration in a system message window, and then the terminal device A system message is transmitted on the resource indicated by the configuration information so as to receive the system message. In this solution, the terminal device can know precisely the system message transmission configuration in the system message window, thus helping the terminal device to carry out subsequent operations such as reception and association operations and reception attempts (continuous attempts) , Which is effective in reducing the processing complexity of the terminal apparatus and enhancing the coverage.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS For a better understanding of the technical solution of an embodiment of the present invention, the accompanying drawings, which are needed to illustrate the embodiments of the present invention, are briefly described below. Naturally, the accompanying drawings of the following embodiments are only a partial embodiment of the present invention, and those skilled in the art will be able to derive other drawings from the attached drawings without creative effort.
FIG. 1A is a schematic structural view of a network side apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG.
1B is a schematic structural diagram of a configuration in a system message window according to an embodiment of the present invention.
1C is another schematic schematic diagram of a configuration in a system message window according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a schematic structural diagram of a terminal device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a flowchart illustrating a method of transmitting a coverage enhancement message for a system message according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 is another flow chart of a method of transmitting a coverage enhancement for a system message according to an embodiment of the present invention.
5 is another flowchart of a method of transmitting a coverage enhancement message for a system message according to an embodiment of the present invention.
6 is another flowchart of a method for transmitting a coverage enhancement message for a system message according to an embodiment of the present invention.
7 is a schematic block diagram of a base station apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
8 is a schematic structural diagram of a terminal device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, a technical solution of an embodiment of the present invention will be clearly and completely described with reference to the drawings attached to the embodiments of the present invention. Obviously, the described embodiments are only a few of the embodiments of the invention. Any other embodiment that a person skilled in the art acquires based on an embodiment of the present invention without creative effort is within the scope of protection of the present invention.

Embodiments of the present invention provide an apparatus, system, and method for enhancing coverage for system messages. Hereinafter, a detailed description will be given individually.

Example  One

This embodiment of the invention provides a network side device. As shown in Fig. 1A, the network side apparatus includes a determination unit 101 and a transmission unit 102 as follows:

The determination unit 101 is configured to determine configuration information, which is used to indicate a system message transmission configuration in a system message window.

The system message transmission configuration in the system message window may include information about the subframe used when the system message is transmitted. In addition, optionally, the system message transmission configuration may further include the number of transmissions of the system message, and the number of transmissions of the system message may be determined according to information on the subframe used when the system message is transmitted.

Different system messages may have different system message transmission configurations within the system message window or they may have the same system message transmission configuration within the system message window and the same system messages may have different system message transmission configurations within the system message window , Or the same system message transmission configuration within the system message window. For example, when a system message is to be transmitted twice in one system message window, if the window length of the system message is 10 milliseconds (ms), any two of 10 sub-frames of 10 ms in length A system message can be transmitted twice by selecting an available subframe (1 ms is also the length of one subframe). Available subframes refer to subframes other than the following subframes:

(SFN) mod 2 = 0, where one radio frame is 10 subframes, that is, 10; the number of subframes in the subframe is 10;

(2) any subframe in a Multicast Broadcast Single Frequency Network (MBSFN); And

(3) Any uplink sub-frame in a Time Division Duplexing (TDD) system.

The number of subframes in the system message window and used for transmission of system messages may be enumerated in an enumeration manner.

The transmission unit 102 is configured to transmit the system message on the resource indicated by the configuration information so that the terminal apparatus can receive the system message according to the configuration information.

The configuration information may be announced to the terminal device in a manner of agreement between the network side device and the terminal, or may be notified to the terminal device after being directly determined by the network side device. If the configuration information is announced to the terminal device in a manner of agreement between the network side device and the terminal,

The determination unit 101 can be specifically configured to determine the configuration information according to a configuration rule agreed with the network side apparatus and the terminal.

If the method of directly notifying the terminal apparatus is used, the network-side apparatus may further include a notification unit as follows:

The notifying unit is configured to notify the terminal device of the configuration information.

If the system message transmission configuration indicates that the system message should be transmitted in all available subframes within the system message window, then the system message may be transmitted in all available subframes in the system message window. In other words,

The transmission unit 102 specifically sends a system message in all available subframes within the system message window when the system message transmission configuration indicates that the system message should be transmitted in all available subframes in the system message window Consists of.

When the system message transmission configuration indicates that the system message should be transmitted in some subframe within the system message window, in this case the system message may be sent in this designated subframe. In other words,

The transmitting unit 103 is specifically configured to transmit the system message in the selected sub-frame.

When determining the configuration information (i.e., the configuration of sending the system message in the system message window), the determination unit 101 may use various schemes, and the scheme may be, for example, as follows:

(1) First method:

The system message configuration can be obtained first, and then the configuration information is determined according to this system message configuration. In other words,

The determination unit 101 can be specifically configured to obtain a system message configuration and determine configuration information according to the obtained system message configuration.

For example, the correspondence between the system message configuration and the configuration information (i.e., the system message transmission configuration) is defined first, and then the system message configuration is obtained, and then the corresponding configuration information Can be obtained by querying the corresponding relationship.

Such a correspondence between the system message configuration and the configuration information (i.e., the system message transmission configuration) may be determined by the network side apparatus and the terminal apparatus according to a specific configuration rule, or may be determined by the network side apparatus, . For example, the network side device may determine a mapping table used to record "correspondence between system message configuration and configuration information (i.e., system message transmission configuration)" .

The system message configuration may include a configuration of a window length (si-WindowLength) of a system message, a configuration of a system message period (si-Periodicity), and the like. In addition, the system message configuration may further include a system message update period and the like. For example, the window length of the system message may be (ms1, ms2, ms5, ms10, ms15, ms20, ms40), and the period of the system message window may be (rf8, rf16, rf32, rf64, rf128, rf256, rf512), etc., where rf is a radio frame.

The different system messages may have different system message configurations or may have the same system message configuration and the system message configuration of the same system message may also be adjusted according to the requirements in the actual application, It is noted that the system message configuration can be achieved by selecting an appropriate window length and an appropriate system message period.

(2) Second method:

Specifically, information such as the coverage enhancement requirement information of the system message, the coverage enhancement level information of the system message, the repetition frequency requirement information of the system message, and / or the reception attempt frequency requirement information of the terminal apparatus can be obtained first (that is, One or more of information such as coverage enhancement requirement information of the system message, coverage enhancement level information of the system message, repetition frequency requirement information of the system message, and / or the number of reception attempts of the terminal apparatus is obtained) The configuration of the system message transmission in the system message window may be based on the acquired information such as the coverage enhancement requirement information of the system message, the coverage enhancement level information of the system message, the repeat number requirement information of the system message, and / . In other words,

Specifically, the determination unit 101 acquires information such as: the coverage enhancement requirement information of the system message, the coverage enhancement level information of the system message, the repeat number requirement information of the system message, and / , The acquired coverage enhancement requirement information of the system message, the acquired coverage enhancement level information of the system message, the obtained iteration count requirement information of the system message, and / May be configured to determine a system message transmission configuration.

(I. E., Coverage enhancement requirement information of the system message, coverage enhancement level information of the system message, repetition frequency requirement information of the system message), and / Information such as trial frequency requirement information) may be determined by the network side apparatus and the terminal apparatus according to a specific configuration rule, or may be determined by the network side apparatus and notified to the terminal apparatus. For example, a network-side device may be configured to receive information such as "configuration information (i.e., system message transmission configuration) and requirements information (i.e., coverage enhancement requirement information of system messages, coverage enhancement level information of system messages, And / or the information on the number of times of reception of the terminal apparatus), "a mapping table used to record the mapping table, and then notify the terminal apparatus of the mapping table.

In addition, information such as the coverage enhancement requirement information of the system message, the coverage enhancement level information of the system message, the repetition frequency requirement information of the system message, and / or the number of times of reception attempts of the terminal apparatus can be set by using various policies ; For example, information such as the coverage enhancement requirement information of the system message, the coverage enhancement level information of the system message, the repetition frequency requirement information of the system message, and / or the number of reception attempts information of the terminal apparatus is set exclusively for the system message . Alternatively, the level of coverage enhancement of the terminal device may be set, the level of coverage enhancement of the system message is determined according to the level of coverage enhancement of the terminal device, and then the information (i.e., the coverage enhancement requirement information of the system message, Coverage enhancement level information, information on the number of iterations of the system message, and / or the number of attempts to receive the number of attempts of the terminal device) is determined according to the coverage enhancement level of the system message. This is not described here again.

The coverage enhancement requirement information of the system message, the coverage enhancement level information of the system message, the repetition frequency requirement information of the system message, and / or the number of times of reception attempts of the terminal apparatus can be specifically described as follows:

(1) Requirements for promoting coverage:

The system message transmission configuration in the system message window may be further related to the coverage enhancement requirements of the system message and the different coverage enhancement levels may correspond to different system message transmission configurations within the system message window. For example, in the coverage enhancement requirement 1, if the system message is to be sent twice in the system message window, two subframes must be selected from the system message window to transmit the system message. In the coverage enhancement requirement 2, If a message is to be sent five times in the system message window, five subframes must be selected from the system message window to transmit the system message. If the system message has only one coverage enhancement requirement, this item may be omitted or ignored.

(2) Coverage enhancement level:

The coverage enhancement level and the coverage enhancement requirement may be one to one correspondence, one coverage enhancement requirement corresponds to one coverage enhancement level, or one coverage enhancement requirement may correspond to multiple coverage enhancement levels.

(3) Requirements for repeated count:

Signal repetition is one of the coverage enhancement techniques. Other signal repetition times may meet different coverage enhancement requirements and may correspond to different coverage enhancement levels.

(4) Requirements for the number of times of reception of the terminal apparatus:

An attempt to receive a terminal device (continuous attempt) is also a coverage enhancement technique. The number of different reception attempts of the terminal apparatus can provide different enhancement gains.

As two coverage enhancement techniques, signal repetition (i. E., Repetition frequency requirement information) and "attempt to receive terminal equipment" can be used in combination. The combination of the number of different iterations and the number of different reception attempts of the terminal apparatus may satisfy other coverage enhancement requirements.

Specifically, when a system message window is constructed, requirements for coverage enhancement requirements, coverage enhancement levels, requirements for the number of repetitions, and / or the number of times the terminal device is attempted to be received may also be configured in the system message window. For example, as shown in FIG. 1B, the figure is a schematic diagram of a configuration within a system message window. This configuration can be used to configure a system message transmission configuration within the system message window, including the n coverage enhancement requirements, the m coverage enhancement levels, the requirement for x number of iterations, the requirement for the number of attempts to receive y terminal devices, , Where n, m, x, y, z, and c may be set according to the requirements in a practical application.

Of all the fields in FIG. 1B, the field marked "selected " indicates that the field is optional, and may be added or deleted according to requirements in an actual application.

Optionally, the configuration in the system message window can be illustrated in FIG. 1C, i.e., requirements for coverage enhancement, coverage enhancement level, number of repetitions, requirements for number of attempts to receive terminal devices, system message configuration, Various combinations of message transmission configurations may all be provided, where "#sij" refers to the subframe "sij ".

In determining the configuration information (i. E., The system message transmission configuration in the system message window), the determination unit 101 first determines the coverage enhancement requirement information of the system message, the coverage enhancement level information of the system message, / RTI > the system message configuration may be determined according to acquired information, such as the number of receipt attempts of the terminal device, and / or the configuration information may be determined according to the determined system message configuration; Or the correspondence between the configuration information and the information such as the coverage enhancement requirement information of the system message, the coverage enhancement level information of the system message, the repeat number requirement information of the system message, and / , The coverage enhancement requirement information of the system message, the coverage enhancement level information of the system message, the repetition frequency requirement information of the system message, and / or the reception attempt frequency requirement information of the terminal apparatus, Determine corresponding configuration information; Or system message configuration, and may be configured to receive the system message configuration information and the coverage enhancement requirement information of the system message, the coverage enhancement level information of the system message, the repetition frequency requirement information of the system message, and / And determines the configuration information with reference to acquired information such as information. In other words,

The determination unit 101 specifically determines whether the received coverage enhancement requirement information of the system message, the acquired coverage enhancement level information of the system message, the obtained iteration count requirement information of the system message, and / Determine a system message configuration according to the requirement information, and determine configuration information according to the determined system message configuration; or

The determination unit 101 acquires the system message configuration in addition to the information such as the coverage enhancement requirement information of the system message, the coverage enhancement level information of the system message, the repeat number requirement information of the system message, and / And then, in accordance with the obtained system message configuration, information on coverage enhancement requirements of the system message, coverage enhancement level information of the system message, information on the number of iterations of the system message, and / Determine configuration information by referring to the same obtained information; or

The determination unit 101 specifically determines whether or not to receive the information based on the obtained information such as the coverage enhancement requirement information of the system message, the coverage enhancement level information of the system message, the repetition frequency requirement information of the system message, and / And is configured to directly determine the configuration information, which may be specifically as follows:

The determination unit 101 specifically determines whether the received coverage enhancement requirement information of the system message, the acquired coverage enhancement level information of the system message, the obtained iteration count requirement information of the system message, and / Determines the number of transmissions of the system message (i.e., the total number of transmissions of the system message) according to the requirement information, acquires the window length of the system message window, and determines the sub- May be configured to determine information about the frame.

The window length of the system message window can be obtained in various manners. For example, a system message configuration may be obtained, and then the window length of the system message window may be extracted from the system message configuration.

The information on the subframe may include at least the position of the subframe, and in addition, the information on the subframe may further include information such as the number of subframes. That is, the information about the subframe can indicate the number of specific subframes, and a specific frame for transmitting the system message.

In addition, when a subframe for transmitting a system message is selected, if the window length of the system message window is not sufficient to transmit N system messages, then the system message window can also be extended, A system message may be transmitted by selecting one frame from the system message window, where N is the number of transmissions of the system message in the system message window and N is an integer greater than zero. In other words,

The determining unit 101 specifically selects a subframe from the system message window and transmits a system message when the window length (i.e., the window length of the system message window) is sufficient to transmit N system messages; Or to extend the system message window when the window length is not sufficient to transmit N system messages, and to select the subframe from the extended system message window to transmit the system message.

Of course, when the window length (i.e., the window length of the system message window) is sufficient to transmit N system messages, the decision unit 101 also extends the system message window and extracts the subframe The system message can be selected and transmitted.

Optionally, the system message window can not be extended and instead selects a subframe from a plurality of consecutive system message windows to transmit the system message. In other words,

The determination unit 101 can be configured to select a subframe from a plurality of consecutive system message windows of the determination unit and transmit the system message, in accordance with the window length and the number of transmissions in detail.

Optionally, depending on the system message period, it may be determined whether a scheme of extending the system message window is used or a scheme using a plurality of consecutive system message windows is used. For example, if the system message period is long, a method of extending the system message window is used, and if the system message period is short, a method using a plurality of consecutive system message windows is used. That is, the detailed description may be as follows:

The determining unit 101 specifically includes: acquiring a system message period and determining whether a system message period exceeds a predetermined period threshold; When the period exceeds the period threshold, selecting a subframe from the system message window to transmit a system message when the window length is determined to be sufficient to transmit N system messages, And selecting a subframe from the extended system message window to transmit a system message or when the window length is not sufficient to transmit N system messages (N is the number of transmission of system messages) Expanding the window, selecting a subframe from the extended system message window to send a system message; Or selects a subframe from a plurality of consecutive system message windows according to the window length and the number of transmissions when the period does not exceed the period threshold, and transmits the system message.

The period threshold value may be set according to the requirements in a practical application, and will not be described here again.

Alternatively, when the number of reception attempts of the mobile terminal is relatively high, the time required before the terminal device receives the system message may be relatively long if only the resources of the original system message window are used. Therefore, in order to reduce the time required before the terminal device receives the system message, the system message window can also be extended in this case. In other words,

Specifically, the determination unit 101 determines the number of reception attempts of the terminal apparatus according to the reception attempt frequency requirement information of the terminal apparatus, and expands the system message window when it is determined that the reception attempt number is larger than a predetermined threshold value; May select the subframe from the extended system message window and transmit the system message according to the window length of the system message window and the number of transmissions of the system message in the system message window.

Naturally, the number of times that the system message window is extended and therefore the system message can be transmitted in the same system message window also increases, and in this case, the number of reception attempts of the terminal apparatus can also correspondingly decrease. In addition, when the number of reception attempts of the terminal apparatus is relatively large, a relatively short system message period can be selected. This is not described in detail here.

The network-side device may be specifically incorporated into a device such as a base station device.

During certain implementations, such units may be realized as independent entities or may be realized as a single entity or several entities in a random combination. Specific embodiments of such units are further described in detail in the following examples.

In addition, for ease of explanation and processing, in the present invention, SIB1 is considered to be a specific system message. In SIB1, the length of the system message window is 1, and the period of the system message window is 80 ms. Therefore, a description of the system message that exists in this embodiment of the present invention can also be applied to the case of SIB1.

As can be seen from the foregoing, the decision unit 101 in this embodiment can determine the configuration information, which is used to indicate the system message transmission configuration in the system message window, The terminal device 102 transmits the system message on the resource indicated by the configuration information so that the terminal device can receive the system message according to the configuration information. In this solution, the terminal device can accurately know the configuration of the system message transmission in the system message window, and therefore helps the terminal device to carry out operations such as reception and association operations and reception attempt operations subsequently, It is effective in reducing processing complexity and increasing coverage.

Example  2

Correspondingly, this embodiment of the invention further provides a terminal device. As shown in Fig. 2, the terminal apparatus includes a determination unit 201 and a reception unit 202 as follows:

The determination unit 201 is configured to determine configuration information, wherein the configuration information is used to indicate a system message transmission configuration in a system message window.

The system message transmission configuration in the system message window may include information about the subframe used when the system message is transmitted. In addition, optionally, the system message transmission configuration may further include the number of transmissions of the system message, wherein the number of transmissions of the system message may also be determined according to information about the subframe used when the system message is transmitted.

Different system messages may have different system message transmission configurations within the system message window or they may have the same system message transmission configuration within the system message window and the same system messages may have different system message transmission configurations within the system message window , Or the same system message transmission configuration within the system message window. For example, when a system message is to be transmitted twice in one system message window, if the window length of the system message is 10 ms, any two available subframes among 10 subframes of 10 ms in length are selected The system message can be transmitted twice (1 ms is the length of one subframe).

The number of subframes in the system message window and used for transmission of system messages may be enumerated in a list.

The receiving unit 202 is configured to receive, on the resource indicated by the configuration information, the system message transmitted by the base station apparatus. The configuration information may be acquired in a manner of agreement between the terminal apparatus and the base station apparatus, or may be notified directly to the terminal apparatus after being determined by the base station apparatus. In other words,

The determination unit 201 may be configured to determine configuration information in accordance with a configuration rule that the terminal device and the base station device agree with; or

Receiving unit 202 may be further configured to: receive a notification sent by the base station apparatus with respect to configuration information before the configuration information is determined,

In this case, the determination unit 201 can be specifically configured to determine the configuration information according to the notification received by the receiving unit 202 (i.e., the notification regarding the configuration information).

If the system message transmission configuration indicates that a system message is to be transmitted in all available subframes within the system message window, then this indicates that the base station device transmits a system message in all available subframes in the system message window . Therefore, the system message transmitted by the base station apparatus can be received in every available subframe in the system message window. In other words,

Receiving unit 202 is specifically configured to: when the system message transmission configuration indicates that a system message should be transmitted in all available subframes in the system message window, in all available subframes in the system message window, And is configured to receive the transmitted system message.

In this case, the system message sent by the base station apparatus can be received in this particular subframe, if the system message transmission configuration indicates that the system message should be transmitted in some subframe in the system message window. In other words,

Receiving unit 202 may be specifically configured to: receive, in the selected subframe, the system message transmitted by the base station apparatus.

If the configuration information is determined according to the configuration rules agreed between the terminal device and the base station device, the determination method used by the terminal device must be consistent with the method used by the base station device. When determining the configuration information (i. E., The system message transmission configuration in the system message window), the decision unit 201 may use one of the following schemes (providing that the scheme is consistent with the scheme used by the base station apparatus ), Which may be specifically for example:

(1) First method:

The system message configuration can be obtained first, and then the configuration information is determined according to this system message configuration. In other words,

The determination unit 201 is specifically configured to obtain a system message configuration and determine configuration information according to the obtained system message configuration.

For example, the correspondence between the system message configuration and the configuration information (i.e., the system message transmission configuration) is defined first, and then the system message configuration is obtained, and then the corresponding configuration information Can be obtained by querying the corresponding relationship.

Such a correspondence between the system message configuration and the configuration information (i.e., the system message transmission configuration) may be determined by the network side apparatus and the terminal apparatus according to a specific configuration rule, or may be determined by the network side apparatus, . For example, the network-side device may determine a mapping table that is used to record "correspondence between system message configuration and configuration information (i.e., system message transmission configuration)" and then notify the terminal device of the mapping table have.

The system message configuration may include a configuration of a window length (si-WindowLength) of a system message, a configuration of a system message period (si-Periodicity), and the like. In addition, the system message configuration may further include a system message update period and the like. For example, the window length of the system message may be (ms1, ms2, ms5, ms10, ms15, ms20, ms40), and the period of the system message window may be (rf8, rf16, rf32, rf64, rf128, rf256, rf512), etc., where rf is a radio frame.

The different system messages may have different system message configurations or may have the same system message configuration and the system message configuration of the same system message may also be adjusted according to the requirements in the actual application, It is noted that the system message configuration can be achieved by selecting an appropriate window length and an appropriate system message period.

(2) Second method:

Specifically, information such as the coverage enhancement requirement information of the system message, the coverage enhancement level information of the system message, the repetition frequency requirement information of the system message, and / or the reception attempt frequency requirement information of the terminal apparatus can be obtained first, , The system message transmission configuration in the system message window may include information on acquired coverage enhancement requirements of the system message, information on the obtained coverage enhancement level of the system message, information on the number of repetitions of the system message obtained, and / And the number of times the information is acquired. In other words,

Specifically, the determination unit 201 acquires information such as: the coverage enhancement requirement information of the system message, the coverage enhancement level information of the system message, the repetition frequency requirement information of the system message, and / , The acquired coverage enhancement requirement information of the system message, the acquired coverage enhancement level information of the system message, the acquired iteration count requirement information of the system message, and / .

(I. E., Coverage enhancement requirement information of the system message, coverage enhancement level information of the system message, repetition frequency requirement information of the system message), and / Information such as trial frequency requirement information) may be determined by the network side apparatus and the terminal apparatus according to a specific configuration rule, or may be determined by the network side apparatus and notified to the terminal apparatus. For example, a network-side device may be configured to receive information such as "configuration information (i.e., system message transmission configuration) and requirements information (i.e., coverage enhancement requirement information of system messages, coverage enhancement level information of system messages, And / or the information on the number of times of reception of the terminal apparatus), "a mapping table used to record the mapping table, and then notify the terminal apparatus of the mapping table.

In addition, information such as the coverage enhancement requirement information of the system message, the coverage enhancement level information of the system message, the repetition frequency requirement information of the system message, and / or the number of times of reception attempts of the terminal apparatus can be set by using various policies ; For example, information such as the coverage enhancement requirement information of the system message, the coverage enhancement level information of the system message, the repetition frequency requirement information of the system message, and / or the number of reception attempts information of the terminal apparatus is set exclusively for the system message . Alternatively, the level of coverage enhancement of the terminal device may be set, the level of coverage enhancement of the system message is determined according to the level of coverage enhancement of the terminal device, and then the information (i.e., the coverage enhancement requirement information of the system message, Coverage enhancement level information, information on the number of iterations of the system message, and / or the number of attempts to receive the number of attempts of the terminal device) is determined according to the coverage enhancement level of the system message. This is not described here again.

For the specific description of the coverage enhancement requirement information of the system message, the coverage enhancement level information of the system message, the repetition frequency requirement information of the system message, and / or the number of times of reception attempts of the terminal apparatus, This is not described here again.

As two coverage enhancement techniques, signal repetition and "attempt to receive terminal equipment" can be used in combination. The combination of the number of different iterations and the number of different reception attempts of the terminal apparatus may satisfy other coverage enhancement requirements.

Specifically, when a system message window is constructed, it can be seen that the requirements of coverage enhancement requirements, coverage enhancement levels, requirements for the number of iterations, and / or the number of times the terminal device is attempted to be received can also be configured in the system message window. For example, as shown in FIG. 1B, the figure is a schematic diagram of a configuration within a system message window. This configuration can be used to configure a system message transmission configuration within the system message window, including the n coverage enhancement requirements, the m coverage enhancement levels, the requirement for x number of iterations, the requirement for the number of attempts to receive y terminal devices, Where n, m, x, y, z, and c may be set according to requirements in an actual application.

Of all the fields in FIG. 1B, the field marked "selected " indicates that the field is optional, and may be added or deleted according to requirements in an actual application.

Optionally, the configuration in the system message window can be illustrated in FIG. 1C, i.e., requirements for coverage enhancement, coverage enhancement level, number of repetitions, requirements for number of attempts to receive terminal devices, system message configuration, Various combinations of message transmission configurations may all be provided, where "#sij" refers to the subframe "sij ".

When determining the configuration information (i.e., the system message transmission configuration in the system message window), the determination unit 201 first determines the coverage enhancement requirement information of the system message, the coverage enhancement level information of the system message, (Or system message transmission configuration in the system message window) according to the determined system message configuration, based on the obtained information, such as the number of times of reception of the terminal device Or; Or the correspondence between the configuration information and the information such as the coverage enhancement requirement information of the system message, the coverage enhancement level information of the system message, the repeat number requirement information of the system message, and / , The coverage enhancement requirement information of the system message, the coverage enhancement level information of the system message, the repetition frequency requirement information of the system message, and / or the reception attempt frequency requirement information of the terminal apparatus, Determine corresponding configuration information; Or system message configuration, and may be configured to receive the system message configuration information and the coverage enhancement requirement information of the system message, the coverage enhancement level information of the system message, the repetition frequency requirement information of the system message, and / And determines the configuration information with reference to acquired information such as information. In other words,

Determination unit 201 specifically includes: acquired coverage enhancement requirement information of a system message, acquired coverage enhancement level information of a system message, acquired repeat count requirement information of a system message, and / Determine a system message configuration according to the requirement information, and determine configuration information according to the determined system message; or

The determination unit 201 acquires the system message configuration in addition to the information such as the coverage enhancement requirement information of the system message, the coverage enhancement level information of the system message, the repeat number requirement information of the system message, and / And then, in accordance with the obtained system message configuration, information on coverage enhancement requirements of the system message, coverage enhancement level information of the system message, information on the number of iterations of the system message, and / Determine configuration information by referring to the same obtained information; or

The determination unit 201 may be configured to determine whether the received information includes the coverage enhancement requirement information of the system message, the coverage enhancement level information of the system message, the repeat number requirement information of the system message, and / And is configured to directly determine the configuration information, which may be specifically as follows:

Determination unit 201 specifically includes: acquired coverage enhancement requirement information of a system message, acquired coverage enhancement level information of a system message, acquired repeat count requirement information of a system message, and / Determines the number of transmissions of the system message (i.e., the total number of transmissions of the system message) according to the requirement information, acquires the window length of the system message window, and determines the sub- And to determine information about the frame.

The window length of the system message window can be obtained in various manners. For example, a system message configuration may be obtained, and then the window length of the system message window may be extracted from the system message configuration.

The information on the subframe may include at least the position of the subframe, and in addition, the information on the subframe may further include information such as the number of subframes. That is, the information about the subframe can indicate the number of specific subframes, and a specific frame for transmitting the system message.

In addition, when a subframe for transmitting a system message is selected, if the window length of the system message window is not sufficient to transmit N system messages, then the system message window can also be extended, Where N is the number of transmissions of system messages in the system message window and N is an integer greater than zero. In other words,

The determining unit 201 specifically selects a subframe from the system message window and receives a system message sent by the base station apparatus when the window length is sufficient to transmit N system messages, The number of times -; Or to send a system message sent by the base station device by selecting a subframe from the extended system message window when the window length is not sufficient to transmit N system messages, have.

Of course, when the window length (i.e., the window length of the system message window) is sufficient to transmit N system messages, the determination unit 201 also expands the system message window and extracts the subframe And may selectively receive the system message transmitted by the base station apparatus.

Optionally, the system message window can not be extended and instead selects a subframe from a plurality of consecutive system message windows to transmit the system message. In other words,

The determination unit 201 can be configured to select a subframe from a plurality of consecutive system message windows and receive a system message transmitted by the base station apparatus, in accordance with the window length and the number of transmissions in detail.

Optionally, depending on the system message period, it may be determined whether a scheme of extending the system message window is used or a scheme using a plurality of consecutive system message windows is used. For example, if the system message period is long, a method of extending the system message window is used, and if the system message period is short, a method using a plurality of consecutive system message windows is used. In other words,

The determining unit 201 specifically includes: acquiring a system message period and determining whether a system message period exceeds a predetermined period threshold; Selecting a subframe from the system message window to receive a system message sent by the base station apparatus when the window length is determined to be sufficient to transmit N system messages if the period exceeds the period threshold, Receiving a system message transmitted by the base station apparatus by selecting a subframe from the extended system message window or when the window length is not sufficient to transmit N system messages, Expanding the system message window, selecting a subframe from the extended system message window to receive a system message sent by the base station apparatus; Or to select a subframe from a plurality of consecutive system message windows and receive a system message sent by the base station apparatus according to the window length and the number of transmissions if the period does not exceed the period threshold have.

The period threshold value may be set according to the requirements in a practical application, and will not be described here again.

Alternatively, when the number of reception attempts of the mobile terminal is relatively high, the time required before the terminal device receives the system message may be relatively long if only the resources of the original system message window are used. Therefore, in order to reduce the time required before the terminal device receives the system message, the system message window can also be extended in this case. In other words,

Specifically, the determination unit 201 determines the number of reception attempts of the terminal apparatus according to the reception attempt frequency requirement information of the terminal apparatus, and expands the system message window when it is determined that the reception attempt number is larger than a predetermined threshold value; May select the subframe from the extended system message window and receive the system message sent by the base station apparatus, depending on the window length and number of transmissions.

Naturally, the number of times that the system message window is extended and therefore the system message can be transmitted in the same system message window also increases, and in this case, the number of reception attempts of the terminal apparatus can also correspondingly decrease. In addition, when the number of reception attempts of the terminal apparatus is relatively large, a relatively short system message period can be selected. This is not described in detail here.

The terminal device may specifically be a device such as a mobile phone, a tablet computer, or a personal computer.

During certain implementations, such units may be realized as independent entities or may be realized as a single entity or several entities in a random combination. Specific embodiments of such units are further described in detail in the following examples.

As can be seen from the foregoing, the decision unit 201 in this embodiment can determine the configuration information, which is used to indicate the system message transmission configuration in the system message window, The base station 202 may receive the system message transmitted by the base station apparatus on the resource indicated by the configuration information. In this solution, the terminal device can accurately know the configuration of the system message transmission in the system message window, and therefore helps the terminal device to carry out operations such as reception and association operations and reception attempt operations subsequently, It is effective in reducing processing complexity and increasing coverage.

Example  3

Correspondingly, this embodiment of the invention further provides a communication system, wherein the communication system comprises any network side device and any terminal device provided in an embodiment of the present invention. For the detailed description, the above-mentioned embodiments can be referred to. For example, in one example, the network side device is specifically a base station device. The details are as follows:

The base station: is configured to determine configuration information, the configuration information being used to indicate a system message transmission configuration in a system message window, and configured to transmit a system message on the resource indicated by the configuration information.

A terminal device is configured to: determine configuration information, the configuration information being used to indicate a system message transmission configuration in a system message window, to receive a system message sent by the base station device on the resource indicated by the configuration information Consists of.

The configuration information may be agreed in advance by the base station device and the terminal device, or may be notified directly to the terminal device after being configured by the base station. In other words,

The base station can be specifically configured so that the base station apparatus and the terminal apparatus determine the configuration information according to the configuration rule that has previously agreed,

In this case, the terminal apparatus can be configured to determine the configuration information according to the configuration rule agreed by the terminal apparatus and the base station apparatus, or

The base station apparatus may further be configured to: notify the terminal apparatus of the configuration information after determining the configuration information,

In this case, the terminal apparatus can be further configured to: receive the notification transmitted by the base station apparatus with respect to the configuration information, and determine the configuration information according to the notification.

If the system message transmission configuration indicates that the system message should be transmitted in all available subframes within the system message window, then the system message may be transmitted in all available subframes in the system message window. In other words,

The base station device may be specifically configured to send a system message in all available subframes within the system message window when the system message transmission configuration indicates that the system message should be transmitted in all available subframes within the system message window have.

In this case, the terminal device is configured to: transmit, in all available subframes within the system message window, when the system message transmission configuration indicates that the system message should be transmitted in all available subframes in the system message window, System message.

When determining the configuration information (i. E., The system message transmission configuration in the system message window), several schemes may be used, and the scheme may be specifically for example:

(1) First method:

The system message configuration can be obtained first, and then the configuration information is determined according to this system message configuration. In other words,

The base station device may be specifically configured to obtain a system message configuration and determine configuration information according to the obtained system message configuration.

In this case, the terminal device can be specifically configured to acquire the system message configuration and determine the configuration information according to the acquired system message configuration.

Such a correspondence between the system message configuration and the configuration information (i.e., the system message transmission configuration) may be determined by the network side apparatus and the terminal apparatus according to a specific configuration rule, or may be determined by the network side apparatus, . For example, the network-side device may determine a mapping table that is used to record "correspondence between system message configuration and configuration information (i.e., system message transmission configuration)" and then notify the terminal device of the mapping table have.

The system message configuration may include a configuration of a window length (si-WindowLength) of a system message, a configuration of a system message period (si-Periodicity), and the like. In addition, the system message configuration may further include a system message update period and the like. For example, the window length of the system message may be (ms1, ms2, ms5, ms10, ms15, ms20, ms40), and the period of the system message window may be (rf8, rf16, rf32, rf64, rf128, rf256, rf512), etc., where rf is a radio frame.

The different system messages may have different system message configurations or may have the same system message configuration and the system message configuration of the same system message may also be adjusted according to the requirements in the actual application, It is noted that the system message configuration can be achieved by selecting an appropriate window length and an appropriate system message period.

(2) Second method:

Specifically, information such as the coverage enhancement requirement information of the system message, the coverage enhancement level information of the system message, the repetition frequency requirement information of the system message, and / or the reception attempt frequency requirement information of the terminal apparatus can be obtained first, , The system message transmission configuration in the system message window may include acquired information such as the coverage enhancement requirement information of the system message, the coverage enhancement level information of the system message, the repeat number requirement information of the system message, and / . In other words,

Specifically, the base station apparatus acquires information such as: the coverage enhancement requirement information of the system message, the coverage enhancement level information of the system message, the repetition frequency requirement information of the system message, and / or the reception attempt frequency requirement information of the terminal apparatus, System message transmission within the system message window in accordance with the acquired coverage enhancement requirement information of the system message, the acquired coverage enhancement level information of the system message, the obtained repetition frequency requirement information of the system message, and / And may be configured to determine the configuration.

In this case, the base station apparatus specifically acquires information such as: the coverage enhancement requirement information of the system message, the coverage enhancement level information of the system message, the repeat number requirement information of the system message, and / , The acquired coverage enhancement requirement information of the system message, the acquired coverage enhancement level information of the system message, the obtained iteration count requirement information of the system message, and / May be configured to determine a system message transmission configuration.

(I. E., Coverage enhancement requirement information of the system message, coverage enhancement level information of the system message, repetition frequency requirement information of the system message), and / Information such as trial frequency requirement information) may be determined by the network side apparatus and the terminal apparatus according to a specific configuration rule, or may be determined by the network side apparatus and notified to the terminal apparatus. For example, a network-side device may be configured to receive information such as "configuration information (i.e., system message transmission configuration) and requirements information (i.e., coverage enhancement requirement information of system messages, coverage enhancement level information of system messages, And / or the information on the number of times of reception of the terminal apparatus), "a mapping table used to record the mapping table, and then notify the terminal apparatus of the mapping table.

In addition, information such as the coverage enhancement requirement information of the system message, the coverage enhancement level information of the system message, the repetition frequency requirement information of the system message, and / or the number of times of reception attempts of the terminal apparatus can be set by using various policies ; For example, information such as the coverage enhancement requirement information of the system message, the coverage enhancement level information of the system message, the repetition frequency requirement information of the system message, and / or the number of reception attempts information of the terminal apparatus is set exclusively for the system message . Alternatively, the level of coverage enhancement of the terminal device may be set, the level of coverage enhancement of the system message is determined according to the level of coverage enhancement of the terminal device, and then the information (i.e., the coverage enhancement requirement information of the system message, Coverage enhancement level information, information on the number of iterations of the system message, and / or the number of attempts to receive the number of attempts of the terminal device) is determined according to the coverage enhancement level of the system message. This is not described here again.

For the specific description of the coverage enhancement requirement information of the system message, the coverage enhancement level information of the system message, the repeat number requirement information of the system message, and / or the requirement information of the number of times of reception of the terminal apparatus, , Which is not described here again.

As two coverage enhancement techniques, signal repetition and "attempt to receive terminal equipment" can be used in combination. The combination of the number of different iterations and the number of different reception attempts of the terminal apparatus may satisfy other coverage enhancement requirements.

Specifically, when a system message window is constructed, it can be seen that the requirements of coverage enhancement requirements, coverage enhancement levels, requirements for the number of iterations, and / or the number of times the terminal device is attempted to be received can also be configured in the system message window. For example, reference can be made to Figure 1b, which is not described here again.

Optionally, the configuration in the system message window can be illustrated in FIG. 1C, i.e., requirements for coverage enhancement, coverage enhancement level, number of repetitions, requirements for number of attempts to receive terminal devices, system message configuration, Various combinations of message transmission configurations may all be provided, where "#sij" refers to the subframe "sij ".

When the configuration information (i. E., The system message transmission configuration in the system message window) is determined, the system message configuration may first include coverage enhancement requirement information of the system message, coverage enhancement level information of the system message, May be determined according to acquired information, such as the number of attempts to receive the number of attempts of the terminal device, and then the configuration information is determined according to the determined system message configuration; Or the correspondence between the configuration information and the information such as the coverage enhancement requirement information of the system message, the coverage enhancement level information of the system message, the repetition frequency requirement information of the system message, and / And after information such as the coverage enhancement requirement information of the system message, the coverage enhancement level information of the system message, the repeat number requirement information of the system message, and / or the request number of times of the reception attempt of the terminal apparatus is acquired, Or corresponding configuration information is determined; Or a system message configuration may be obtained, and may be determined according to the configuration of the system message and the requirements for coverage enhancement of the system message, the level of coverage enhancement of the system message, the number of iterations of the system message, and / The configuration information is determined with reference to acquired information such as information. In other words,

Specifically, the base station apparatus includes: information on acquired coverage enhancement requirement of the system message, information on the obtained coverage enhancement level of the system message, information on the number of times of repetition of the system message obtained, and / Determines the configuration of the system message, and determines the configuration information according to the determined system message configuration.

In this case, the terminal device may specifically include: the acquired coverage enhancement requirement information of the system message, the acquired coverage enhancement level information of the system message, the obtained iteration count requirement information of the system message, and / Determine the system message configuration according to the requirement information, and determine the configuration information according to the determined system message configuration.

Alternatively, the base station device may acquire the system message configuration in addition to the information such as the coverage enhancement requirement information of the system message, the coverage enhancement level information of the system message, the repetition frequency requirement information of the system message, and / And then, in accordance with the obtained system message configuration, information on coverage enhancement requirements of the system message, coverage enhancement level information of the system message, information on the number of iterations of the system message, and / The configuration information is determined with reference to the acquired information.

In this case, the terminal device acquires the system message configuration in addition to the information such as the coverage enhancement requirement information of the system message, the coverage enhancement level information of the system message, the repeat number requirement information of the system message, and / And then, in accordance with the obtained system message configuration, information on coverage enhancement requirements of the system message, coverage enhancement level information of the system message, information on the number of iterations of the system message, and / The configuration information can be determined with reference to the same acquired information.

Alternatively, the base station device may be configured to receive information related to the received information such as the coverage enhancement requirement information of the system message, the coverage enhancement level information of the system message, the repeat number requirement information of the system message, and / May be configured to directly determine configuration information, which may be specifically as follows:

The base station device may receive the system message, based on the acquired coverage enhancement requirement information of the system message, the acquired coverage enhancement level information of the system message, the obtained iteration count requirement information of the system message, and / Determines the number of transmissions of the system message (i.e., the total number of transmissions of the system message), obtains the window length of the system message window, determines information about the subframe used when the system message is transmitted do.

In this case, the terminal device may concretely be classified according to the acquired information such as the coverage enhancement requirement information of the system message, the coverage enhancement level information of the system message, the repeating frequency requirement information of the system message, and / May be configured to directly determine configuration information, which may be specifically as follows:

The terminal device may receive the system message, based on the acquired coverage enhancement requirement information of the system message, the acquired coverage enhancement level information of the system message, the obtained repetition number requirement information of the system message, and / Determines the number of transmissions of the system message (i.e., the total number of transmissions of the system message), obtains the window length of the system message window, determines information about the subframe used when the system message is transmitted do.

The information on the subframe may include at least the position of the subframe, and in addition, the information on the subframe may further include information such as the number of subframes. That is, the information about the subframe can indicate the number of specific subframes, and a specific frame for transmitting the system message.

In addition, when a subframe for transmitting a system message is selected, if the window length of the system message window is not sufficient to transmit N system messages, then the system message window can also be extended, A system message may be transmitted by selecting one frame from the system message window, where N is the number of transmissions of the system message in the system message window and N is an integer greater than zero. In other words,

Specifically, the base station apparatus is configured to: select a subframe from the system message window to transmit a system message when the window length (i.e., the window length of the system message window) is sufficient to transmit N system messages, And transmits the system message by selecting a subframe from the extended system message window or extending the system message window when the window length is not sufficient to transmit N system messages, To select a subframe and transmit a system message.

In this case, the terminal device specifically selects a subframe from the system message window when the window length (i.e., the window length of the system message window) is sufficient to transmit N system messages, Receiving a system message sent by the base station device, or selecting a subframe from the extended system message window to receive the system message, or if the window length is not sufficient to transmit N system messages And to receive the system message sent by the base station apparatus by selecting a subframe from the extended system message window.

Optionally, the system message window can not be extended and instead selects a subframe from a plurality of consecutive system message windows to transmit the system message. In other words,

The base station apparatus may be configured to select a subframe from a plurality of consecutive system message windows of the determination unit and transmit the system message, in accordance with the window length and the number of transmissions.

In this case, the terminal apparatus can be configured to select a subframe from a plurality of consecutive system message windows of the determination unit, and receive the system message transmitted by the base station apparatus, in accordance with the window length and the number of transmissions.

Optionally, depending on the system message period, it may be determined whether a scheme of extending the system message window is used or a scheme using a plurality of consecutive system message windows is used. For example, if the system message period is long, a method of extending the system message window is used, and if the system message period is short, a method using a plurality of consecutive system message windows is used. That is, the detailed description may be as follows:

The base station apparatus specifically includes: acquiring a system message period and determining whether a system message period exceeds a predetermined period threshold; When the period exceeds the period threshold, selecting a subframe from the system message window to transmit a system message when the window length is determined to be sufficient to transmit N system messages, And selecting a subframe from the extended system message window to transmit a system message or when the window length is not sufficient to transmit N system messages (N is the number of transmission of system messages) Expanding the window, selecting a subframe from the extended system message window to send a system message; Or selects a subframe from a plurality of consecutive system message windows according to the window length and the number of transmissions when the period does not exceed the period threshold, and transmits the system message.

In this case, the terminal device concretely obtains the system message period and determines whether the system message period exceeds the predetermined period threshold value; Selecting a subframe from the system message window to receive a system message sent by the base station apparatus when the window length is determined to be sufficient to transmit N system messages if the period exceeds the period threshold, Expanding the system message window, selecting a subframe from the extended system message window to receive a system message transmitted by the base station apparatus, or when the window length is not sufficient to transmit N system messages ( N is the number of transmissions of the system message), expanding the system message window, selecting a subframe from the extended system message window to receive the system message sent by the base station apparatus; Or selects a subframe from a plurality of consecutive system message windows according to the window length and the number of transmissions when the period does not exceed the period threshold, and transmits the system message.

The period threshold value may be set according to the requirements in a practical application, and will not be described here again.

Alternatively, when the number of reception attempts of the mobile terminal is relatively high, the time required before the terminal device receives the system message may be relatively long if only the resources of the original system message window are used. Therefore, in order to reduce the time required before the terminal device receives the system message, the system message window can also be extended in this case. In other words,

Specifically, the base station apparatus determines the number of reception attempts of the terminal apparatus according to the reception attempt frequency requirement information of the terminal apparatus, expands the system message window when it is determined that the reception attempt number is larger than a predetermined threshold value; May select the subframe from the extended system message window and transmit the system message according to the window length of the system message window and the number of transmissions of the system message in the system message window.

In this case, the terminal apparatus concretely determines the number of reception attempts of the terminal apparatus according to the reception attempt frequency requirement information of the terminal apparatus, expands the system message window when it is determined that the reception attempt number is larger than a predetermined threshold value; The system message window may be configured to select a subframe from the extended system message window and receive the system message sent by the base station apparatus according to the window length of the system message window and the number of transmissions of the system message in the system message window.

Naturally, the number of times that the system message window is extended and therefore the system message can be transmitted in the same system message window also increases, and in this case, the number of reception attempts of the terminal apparatus can also correspondingly decrease. In addition, when the number of reception attempts of the terminal apparatus is relatively large, a relatively short system message period can be selected. This is not described in detail here.

In addition, the communication system may further include other devices, which will not be described here again.

The specific implementation of the communication system will be further described in detail in the following other embodiments.

As can be seen from the foregoing, the communication system in this embodiment uses the following solution: configuration information is determined, wherein the configuration information is used to indicate the system message transmission configuration within the system message window , Then a system message is transmitted on the resource indicated by the configuration information. In this solution, the terminal device can accurately know the system message configuration and the system message transmission configuration within the system message window in a manner of notification or agreement between the network side device and the terminal device, and therefore, And it is effective in reducing the processing complexity of the terminal apparatus and enhancing the coverage.

In addition, embodiments of the present invention further provide a corresponding coverage enhancement transmission method for system messages. Hereinafter, a coverage enhancement transmission method for a system message will be described separately from the viewpoints of the network side apparatus and the terminal apparatus in the fourth and fifth embodiments.

Example  4

The present embodiment is described in terms of a network side apparatus, and the network side apparatus can be specifically incorporated in a device such as a base station apparatus.

There is provided a coverage enhancement transmission method for a system message, the method comprising the steps of: determining configuration information, the configuration information being used to indicate a system message transmission configuration within a system message window; And transmitting the system message on the resource indicated by the configuration information so that the terminal apparatus can receive the system message according to the configuration information.

As shown in Figure 3, the specific process may be as follows:

301. Determine configuration information, wherein the configuration information is used to indicate a configuration of system message transmission in a system message window.

The system message transmission configuration in the system message window may include information about the subframe used when the system message is transmitted. In addition, optionally, the system message transmission configuration may further include the number of transmissions of the system message, and the number of transmissions of the system message may be determined according to information on the subframe used when the system message is transmitted.

Different system messages may have different system message transmission configurations within the system message window or they may have the same system message transmission configuration within the system message window and the same system messages may have different system message transmission configurations within the system message window , Or the same system message transmission configuration within the system message window. For example, when a system message is to be transmitted twice in one system message window, if the window length of the system message is 10 milliseconds (ms), any two of 10 sub-frames of 10 ms in length A system message can be transmitted twice by selecting an available subframe (1 ms is also the length of one subframe).

The number of subframes in the system message window and used for transmission of system messages may be enumerated in a list.

The configuration information may be announced to the terminal device in a manner of agreement between the network side device and the terminal, or may be notified to the terminal device after being directly determined by the network side device. When the configuration information is announced to the terminal device in a manner of agreement between the network-side device and the terminal, the "determining configuration information (at step 301)" specifically includes:

Determining the configuration information according to the configuration rule agreed upon by the terminal and the terminal

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After the configuration information is directly determined by the network side device and then notified to the terminal device, after "determining configuration information (at step 301) ", the method comprises:

The step of notifying the terminal device of the configuration information

As shown in FIG.

When determining the configuration information (i. E., The system message transmission configuration in the system message window), several schemes may be used, and the scheme may be specifically for example:

(1) First method:

The system message configuration can be obtained first, and then the configuration information is determined according to this system message configuration.

For example, the correspondence between the system message configuration and the configuration information (i.e., the system message transmission configuration) is defined first, and then the system message configuration is obtained, and then the corresponding configuration information Can be obtained by querying the corresponding relationship.

Such a correspondence between the system message configuration and the configuration information (i.e., the system message transmission configuration) may be determined by the network side apparatus and the terminal apparatus according to a specific configuration rule, or may be determined by the network side apparatus, . For example, the network side device may determine a mapping table used to record "correspondence between system message configuration and configuration information (i.e., system message transmission configuration)" .

The system message configuration may include a configuration of a window length (si-WindowLength) of a system message, a configuration of a system message period (si-Periodicity), and the like. In addition, the system message configuration may further include a system message update period and the like. For example, the window length of the system message may be (ms1, ms2, ms5, ms10, ms15, ms20, ms40), and the period of the system message window may be (rf8, rf16, rf32, rf64, rf128, rf256, rf512), etc., where rf is a radio frame.

The different system messages may have different system message configurations or may have the same system message configuration and the system message configuration of the same system message may also be adjusted according to the requirements in the actual application, It is noted that the system message configuration can be achieved by selecting an appropriate window length and an appropriate system message period.

(2) Second method:

Specifically, information such as the coverage enhancement requirement information of the system message, the coverage enhancement level information of the system message, the repetition frequency requirement information of the system message, and / or the reception attempt frequency requirement information of the terminal apparatus can be obtained first, , The system message transmission configuration in the system message window may include acquired information such as the coverage enhancement requirement information of the system message, the coverage enhancement level information of the system message, the repeat number requirement information of the system message, and / .

(I. E., Coverage enhancement requirement information of the system message, coverage enhancement level information of the system message, repetition frequency requirement information of the system message), and / Information such as trial frequency requirement information) may be determined by the network side apparatus and the terminal apparatus according to a specific configuration rule, or may be determined by the network side apparatus and notified to the terminal apparatus. For example, a network-side device may be configured to receive information such as "configuration information (i.e., system message transmission configuration) and requirements information (i.e., coverage enhancement requirement information of system messages, coverage enhancement level information of system messages, And / or the information on the number of times of reception of the terminal apparatus), "a mapping table used to record the mapping table, and then notify the terminal apparatus of the mapping table.

In addition, information such as the coverage enhancement requirement information of the system message, the coverage enhancement level information of the system message, the repetition frequency requirement information of the system message, and / or the number of times of reception attempts of the terminal apparatus can be set by using various policies ; For example, information such as the coverage enhancement requirement information of the system message, the coverage enhancement level information of the system message, the repetition frequency requirement information of the system message, and / or the number of reception attempts information of the terminal apparatus is set exclusively for the system message . Alternatively, the level of coverage enhancement of the terminal device may be set, the level of coverage enhancement of the system message is determined according to the level of coverage enhancement of the terminal device, and then the information (i.e., the coverage enhancement requirement information of the system message, Coverage enhancement level information, information on the number of iterations of the system message, and / or the number of attempts to receive the number of attempts of the terminal device) is determined according to the coverage enhancement level of the system message. This is not described here again.

For the specific description of the coverage enhancement requirement information of the system message, the coverage enhancement level information of the system message, the repeat number requirement information of the system message, and / or the requirement information of the number of times of reception of the terminal apparatus, , Which is not described here again.

Specifically, when a system message window is constructed, it can be seen that the requirements of coverage enhancement requirements, coverage enhancement levels, requirements for the number of iterations, and / or the number of times the terminal device is attempted to be received can also be configured in the system message window. For example, reference can be made to Figure 1b, which is not described here again.

Optionally, the configuration in the system message window can be illustrated in FIG. 1C, i.e., requirements for coverage enhancement, coverage enhancement level, number of repetitions, requirements for number of attempts to receive terminal devices, system message configuration, Various combinations of message transmission configurations may all be provided, where "#sij" refers to the subframe "sij ".

When the configuration information (i. E., The system message transmission configuration in the system message window) is determined, the system message configuration may first include coverage enhancement requirement information of the system message, coverage enhancement level information of the system message, May be determined according to acquired information, such as the number of attempts to receive the number of attempts of the terminal device, and then the configuration information is determined according to the determined system message configuration; Or the correspondence between the configuration information and the information such as the coverage enhancement requirement information of the system message, the coverage enhancement level information of the system message, the repetition frequency requirement information of the system message, and / And after information such as the coverage enhancement requirement information of the system message, the coverage enhancement level information of the system message, the repeat number requirement information of the system message, and / or the request number of times of the reception attempt of the terminal apparatus is acquired, Or corresponding configuration information is determined; Or a system message configuration may be obtained, and may be determined according to the configuration of the system message and the requirements for coverage enhancement of the system message, the level of coverage enhancement of the system message, the number of iterations of the system message, and / The configuration information is determined with reference to acquired information such as information. That is, a system message is generated in accordance with the "acquired coverage enhancement requirement information of the system message, the obtained coverage enhancement level information of the system message, the acquired iteration count requirement information of the system message, and / The "determining the configuration " specifically includes:

The system message configuration is determined according to the acquired coverage enhancement requirement information of the system message, the acquired coverage enhancement level information of the system message, the obtained repetition number requirement information of the system message, and / Determining configuration information according to the determined system message configuration; or

The system message configuration is acquired in addition to the information such as the coverage enhancement requirement information of the system message, the coverage enhancement level information of the system message, the repetition frequency requirement information of the system message, and / or the reception attempt frequency requirement information of the terminal apparatus, The information obtained by referring to the acquired information such as the coverage enhancement requirement information of the system message, the coverage enhancement level information of the system message, the requirement information of the repetition number of the system message, and / Determining information; or

Directly configuring the configuration information according to information such as the coverage enhancement requirement information of the system message, the coverage enhancement level information of the system message, the repeating frequency requirement information of the system message, and /

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The number of transmissions of the system message in accordance with the acquired coverage enhancement requirement information of the system message, the acquired coverage enhancement level information of the system message, the obtained repetition frequency requirement information of the system message, and / Obtaining the window length of the system message window, and determining information about the subframe used when the system message is transmitted, according to the window length and the number of transmissions.

The window length of the system message window can be obtained in various manners. For example, a system message configuration may be obtained, and then the window length of the system message window may be extracted from the system message configuration.

The information on the subframe may include at least the position of the subframe, and in addition, the information on the subframe may further include information such as the number of subframes. That is, the information about the subframe can indicate the number of specific subframes, and a specific frame for transmitting the system message.

In addition, when a subframe for transmitting a system message is selected, if the window length of the system message window is not sufficient to transmit N system messages, then the system message window can also be extended, A system message may be transmitted by selecting one frame from the system message window, where N is the number of transmissions of the system message in the system message window and N is an integer greater than zero. That is, the step "determining the information on the subframe used when the system message is transmitted, depending on the window length and the number of transmissions &

If the window length is sufficient to transmit N system messages, select a subframe from the system message window to transmit a system message, extend the system message window, select a subframe from the extended system message window, ; or

If the window length is not sufficient to transmit N system messages, expanding the system message window, selecting a subframe from the extended system message window and transmitting the system message

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Optionally, the system message window can not be extended and instead selects a subframe from a plurality of consecutive system message windows to transmit a system message, i. E., Depending on the window length and number of transmissions, The step of " determining information about the subframe used "specifically includes:

Selecting a subframe from a plurality of consecutive system message windows of the determination unit according to the window length and the number of transmissions and transmitting the system message

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Optionally, depending on the system message period, it may be determined whether a scheme of extending the system message window is used or a scheme using a plurality of consecutive system message windows is used. For example, if the system message period is long, a method of extending the system message window is used, and if the system message period is short, a method using a plurality of consecutive system message windows is used. That is, a coverage enhancement transmission method for a system message includes:

Acquiring a system message period

As shown in FIG.

In this case, "determining information on the subframe used when the system message is transmitted, depending on the window length and the number of transmissions" specifically includes:

Determining if a system message period exceeds a predetermined period threshold; And

When the period exceeds the period threshold, selecting a subframe from the system message window to transmit a system message when the window length is determined to be sufficient to transmit N system messages, Selecting a subframe from the extended system message window to transmit a system message; Or expanding the system message window when the window length is not sufficient to transmit N system messages, selecting a subframe from the extended system message window and sending a system message; or

Selecting a subframe from a plurality of consecutive system message windows according to the window length and the number of transmissions if the period does not exceed the period threshold and transmitting the system message

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The period threshold value may be set according to the requirements in a practical application, and will not be described here again.

Alternatively, when the number of reception attempts of the mobile terminal is relatively high, the time required before the terminal device receives the system message may be relatively long if only the resources of the original system message window are used. Therefore, in order to reduce the time required before the terminal device receives the system message, the system message window can also be extended in this case. That is, prior to the step "determine information about the subframe used when the system message is transmitted, depending on the window length and the number of transmissions ", the method of transmitting a coverage enhancement for a system message comprises:

Determining a number of reception attempts of the terminal apparatus according to the reception attempt frequency requirement information of the terminal apparatus and extending the system message window when it is determined that the reception attempt number is larger than a predetermined threshold value

As shown in FIG.

The step " determining the information on the subframe used when the system message is transmitted, depending on the window length and the number of transmissions &

Selecting a subframe from the extended system message window according to the window length and the number of transmissions, and transmitting the system message

to be.

Naturally, the number of times that the system message window is extended and therefore the system message can be transmitted in the same system message window also increases, and in this case, the number of reception attempts of the terminal apparatus can also correspondingly decrease. In addition, when the number of reception attempts of the terminal apparatus is relatively large, a relatively short system message period can be selected. This is not described in detail here.

302. A system message is transmitted on the resource indicated by the configuration information so that the terminal device can receive the system message according to the configuration information.

In this case, the system message may be transmitted in all available subframes within the system message window when the system message transmission configuration indicates that the system message should be transmitted in all available subframes within the system message window. That is, the step of "transmitting the system message on the resource indicated by the configuration information" specifically includes:

Transmitting a system message in all available subframes within the system message window

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When the system message transmission configuration indicates that the system message should be transmitted in some subframe within the system message window, in this case the system message may be sent in this designated subframe. That is, the step of "transmitting the system message on the resource indicated by the configuration information" specifically includes:

Transmitting a system message in the selected subframe

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As can be seen from the foregoing, in the present embodiment, the following solution is used: configuration information is determined, wherein the configuration information is used to indicate a system message transmission configuration within the system message window, The system message is transmitted on the resource indicated by the configuration information, and accordingly, the terminal device receives the system message according to the configuration information. In this solution, the terminal device can accurately know the configuration of the system message transmission in the system message window, and therefore helps the terminal device to carry out operations such as reception and association operations and reception attempt operations subsequently, It is effective in reducing processing complexity and increasing coverage.

Example  5

The present embodiment provides a description in terms of the terminal device, and the terminal device can be specifically a mobile phone, a tablet computer, or a personal computer.

There is provided a coverage enhancement transmission method for a system message, the method comprising the steps of: determining configuration information, the configuration information being used to indicate a system message transmission configuration within a system message window; And receiving, on the resource indicated by the configuration information, a system message transmitted by the base station apparatus.

As shown in FIG. 4, the specific procedure may be as follows:

401. Determine configuration information, wherein the configuration information is used to indicate a system message transmission configuration in a system message window.

The system message transmission configuration in the system message window may include information about the subframe used when the system message is transmitted. In addition, optionally, the system message transmission configuration may further include the number of transmissions of the system message, and the number of transmissions of the system message may be determined according to information on the subframe used when the system message is transmitted.

Different system messages may have different system message transmission configurations within the system message window or they may have the same system message transmission configuration within the system message window and the same system messages may have different system message transmission configurations within the system message window , Or the same system message transmission configuration within the system message window. For example, when a system message is to be transmitted twice in one system message window, if the window length of the system message is 10 milliseconds (ms), any two of 10 sub-frames of 10 ms in length A system message can be transmitted twice by selecting an available subframe (1 ms is also the length of one subframe).

The number of subframes in the system message window and used for transmission of system messages may be enumerated in a list.

The configuration information may be acquired in a manner of agreement between the terminal apparatus and the base station apparatus, or may be notified directly to the terminal apparatus after being determined by the base station apparatus. That is, the "determining configuration information" step specifically includes:

Determining configuration information according to a configuration rule agreed upon by the terminal device and the base station device

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Alternatively, prior to the step of "determining the configuration information ", said coverage enhancement transmission method comprises:

Receiving a notification transmitted by the base station apparatus with respect to the configuration information

As shown in FIG.

In this case, the step of determining the configuration information may be concretely: the step of determining the configuration information according to the received notification (i.e., the notification regarding the configuration information).

When determining the configuration information (i. E., The system message transmission configuration in the system message window), several schemes may be used, and the scheme may be specifically for example:

(1) First method:

The system message configuration can be obtained first, and then the configuration information is determined according to this system message configuration.

For example, the correspondence between the system message configuration and the configuration information (i.e., the system message transmission configuration) is defined first, and then the system message configuration is obtained, and then the corresponding configuration information Can be obtained by querying the corresponding relationship.

Such a correspondence between the system message configuration and the configuration information (i.e., the system message transmission configuration) may be determined by the network side apparatus and the terminal apparatus according to a specific configuration rule, or may be determined by the network side apparatus, . For example, the network side device may determine a mapping table used to record "correspondence between system message configuration and configuration information (i.e., system message transmission configuration)" .

The system message configuration may include a configuration of a window length (si-WindowLength) of a system message, a configuration of a system message period (si-Periodicity), and the like. In addition, the system message configuration may further include a system message update period and the like. For example, the window length of the system message may be (ms1, ms2, ms5, ms10, ms15, ms20, ms40), and the period of the system message window may be (rf8, rf16, rf32, rf64, rf128, rf256, rf512), etc., where rf is a radio frame.

The different system messages may have different system message configurations or may have the same system message configuration and the system message configuration of the same system message may also be adjusted according to the requirements in the actual application, It is noted that the system message configuration can be achieved by selecting an appropriate window length and an appropriate system message period.

(2) Second method:

Specifically, information such as the coverage enhancement requirement information of the system message, the coverage enhancement level information of the system message, the repetition frequency requirement information of the system message, and / or the reception attempt frequency requirement information of the terminal apparatus can be obtained first, , The system message transmission configuration in the system message window may include acquired information such as the coverage enhancement requirement information of the system message, the coverage enhancement level information of the system message, the repeat number requirement information of the system message, and / .

(I. E., Coverage enhancement requirement information of the system message, coverage enhancement level information of the system message, repetition frequency requirement information of the system message), and / Information such as trial frequency requirement information) may be determined by the network side apparatus and the terminal apparatus according to a specific configuration rule, or may be determined by the network side apparatus and notified to the terminal apparatus. For example, a network-side device may be configured to receive information such as "configuration information (i.e., system message transmission configuration) and requirements information (i.e., coverage enhancement requirement information of system messages, coverage enhancement level information of system messages, And / or the information on the number of times of reception of the terminal apparatus), "a mapping table used to record the mapping table, and then notify the terminal apparatus of the mapping table.

In addition, information such as the coverage enhancement requirement information of the system message, the coverage enhancement level information of the system message, the repetition frequency requirement information of the system message, and / or the number of times of reception attempts of the terminal apparatus can be set by using various policies ; For example, information such as the coverage enhancement requirement information of the system message, the coverage enhancement level information of the system message, the repetition frequency requirement information of the system message, and / or the number of reception attempts information of the terminal apparatus is set exclusively for the system message . Alternatively, the level of coverage enhancement of the terminal device may be set, the level of coverage enhancement of the system message is determined according to the level of coverage enhancement of the terminal device, and then the information (i.e., the coverage enhancement requirement information of the system message, Coverage enhancement level information, information on the number of iterations of the system message, and / or the number of attempts to receive the number of attempts of the terminal device) is determined according to the coverage enhancement level of the system message. This is not described here again.

For the specific description of the coverage enhancement requirement information of the system message, the coverage enhancement level information of the system message, the repeat number requirement information of the system message, and / or the requirement information of the number of times of reception of the terminal apparatus, , Which is not described here again.

Specifically, when a system message window is constructed, it can be seen that the requirements of coverage enhancement requirements, coverage enhancement levels, requirements for the number of iterations, and / or the number of times the terminal device is attempted to be received can also be configured in the system message window. For example, reference can be made to Figure 1b, which is not described here again.

Optionally, the configuration in the system message window can be illustrated in FIG. 1C, i.e., requirements for coverage enhancement, coverage enhancement level, number of repetitions, requirements for number of attempts to receive terminal devices, system message configuration, Various combinations of message transmission configurations may all be provided, where "#sij" refers to the subframe "sij ".

When the configuration information (i. E., The system message transmission configuration in the system message window) is determined, the system message configuration may first include coverage enhancement requirement information of the system message, coverage enhancement level information of the system message, May be determined according to acquired information, such as the number of attempts to receive the number of attempts of the terminal device, and then the configuration information is determined according to the determined system message configuration; Or the correspondence between the configuration information and the information such as the coverage enhancement requirement information of the system message, the coverage enhancement level information of the system message, the repetition frequency requirement information of the system message, and / And after information such as the coverage enhancement requirement information of the system message, the coverage enhancement level information of the system message, the repeat number requirement information of the system message, and / or the request number of times of the reception attempt of the terminal apparatus is acquired, Or corresponding configuration information is determined; Or a system message configuration may be obtained, and may be determined according to the configuration of the system message and the requirements for coverage enhancement of the system message, the level of coverage enhancement of the system message, the number of iterations of the system message, and / The configuration information is determined with reference to acquired information such as information. That is, a system message is generated in accordance with the "acquired coverage enhancement requirement information of the system message, the obtained coverage enhancement level information of the system message, the acquired iteration count requirement information of the system message, and / The "determining the configuration " specifically includes:

The system message configuration is determined according to the acquired coverage enhancement requirement information of the system message, the acquired coverage enhancement level information of the system message, the obtained repetition number requirement information of the system message, and / Determining configuration information according to the determined system message configuration; or

The system message configuration is acquired in addition to the information such as the coverage enhancement requirement information of the system message, the coverage enhancement level information of the system message, the repetition frequency requirement information of the system message, and / or the reception attempt frequency requirement information of the terminal apparatus, The information obtained by referring to the acquired information such as the coverage enhancement requirement information of the system message, the coverage enhancement level information of the system message, the requirement information of the repetition number of the system message, and / Determining information; or

Directly configuring the configuration information according to information such as the coverage enhancement requirement information of the system message, the coverage enhancement level information of the system message, the repeating frequency requirement information of the system message, and /

, Which specifically includes: < RTI ID = 0.0 >

The number of transmissions of the system message in accordance with the acquired coverage enhancement requirement information of the system message, the acquired coverage enhancement level information of the system message, the obtained repetition frequency requirement information of the system message, and / Obtaining the window length of the system message window, and determining information about the subframe used when the system message is transmitted, according to the window length and the number of transmissions.

The window length of the system message window can be obtained in various manners. For example, a system message configuration may be obtained, and then the window length of the system message window may be extracted from the system message configuration.

The information on the subframe may include at least the position of the subframe, and in addition, the information on the subframe may further include information such as the number of subframes. That is, the information about the subframe can indicate the number of specific subframes, and a specific frame for transmitting the system message.

In addition, when a subframe for transmitting a system message is selected, if the window length of the system message window is not sufficient to transmit N system messages, then the system message window can also be extended, Where N is the number of transmissions of system messages in the system message window and N is an integer greater than zero. That is, the step "determining the information on the subframe used when the system message is transmitted, depending on the window length and the number of transmissions &

If the window length is sufficient to transmit N system messages, select a subframe from the system message window to transmit a system message, extend the system message window, select a subframe from the extended system message window, Receiving a system message transmitted by the system; or

If the window length is not sufficient to transmit N system messages, expanding the system message window, selecting a subframe from the extended system message window and receiving a system message sent by the base station apparatus

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Optionally, the system message window can not be extended and instead selects a subframe from a plurality of consecutive system message windows to transmit a system message, i. E., Depending on the window length and number of transmissions, The step of " determining information about the subframe used "specifically includes:

Selecting a subframe from a plurality of consecutive system message windows of the determination unit according to the window length and the number of transmissions, and receiving a system message selected by the base station apparatus

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Optionally, depending on the system message period, it may be determined whether a scheme of extending the system message window is used or a scheme using a plurality of consecutive system message windows is used. For example, if the system message period is long, a method of extending the system message window is used, and if the system message period is short, a method using a plurality of consecutive system message windows is used. That is, a coverage enhancement transmission method for a system message includes:

Acquiring a system message period

As shown in FIG.

In this case, "determining information on the subframe used when the system message is transmitted, depending on the window length and the number of transmissions" specifically includes:

Determining if a system message period exceeds a predetermined period threshold; And

Selecting a subframe from the system message window to receive a system message sent by the base station apparatus when the window length is determined to be sufficient to transmit N system messages if the period exceeds the period threshold, Expanding the system message window, selecting a subframe from the extended system message window to receive a system message sent by the base station apparatus; Or expanding the system message window when the window length is not sufficient to transmit N system messages, selecting a subframe from the extended system message window and receiving a system message sent by the base station apparatus ; or

Selecting a subframe from a plurality of consecutive system message windows according to the window length and the number of transmissions if the period does not exceed the period threshold and receiving a system message transmitted by the base station apparatus

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The period threshold value may be set according to the requirements in a practical application, and will not be described here again.

Alternatively, when the number of reception attempts of the mobile terminal is relatively high, the time required before the terminal device receives the system message may be relatively long if only the resources of the original system message window are used. Therefore, in order to reduce the time required before the terminal device receives the system message, the system message window can also be extended in this case. That is, prior to the step "determine information about the subframe used when the system message is transmitted, depending on the window length and the number of transmissions ", the method of transmitting a coverage enhancement for a system message comprises:

Determining a number of reception attempts of the terminal apparatus according to the reception attempt frequency requirement information of the terminal apparatus and extending the system message window when it is determined that the reception attempt number is larger than a predetermined threshold value

As shown in FIG.

The step " determining the information on the subframe used when the system message is transmitted, depending on the window length and the number of transmissions &

Selecting a subframe from the extended system message window according to the window length and the number of transmissions and receiving the system message transmitted by the base station apparatus

to be.

Naturally, the number of times that the system message window is extended and therefore the system message can be transmitted in the same system message window also increases, and in this case, the number of reception attempts of the terminal apparatus can also correspondingly decrease. In addition, when the number of reception attempts of the terminal apparatus is relatively large, a relatively short system message period can be selected. This is not described in detail here.

402. Receive the system message transmitted by the base station apparatus on the resource indicated by the configuration information.

When the system message transmission configuration indicates that a system message is to be transmitted in all available subframes within the system message window, in this case the system message sent by the base station apparatus is transmitted in all available subframes in the system message window . That is, "receiving the system message transmitted by the base station apparatus on the resource indicated by the configuration information" specifically includes:

Receiving, in all available subframes within the system message window, a system message sent by the base station apparatus

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In this case, the system message sent by the base station device may be received in this designated subframe when the system message transmission configuration indicates that the system message should be transmitted in some subframe within the system message window. That is, "receiving the system message transmitted by the base station apparatus on the resource indicated by the configuration information" specifically includes:

In the selected sub-frame, receiving the system message transmitted by the base station apparatus

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As can be seen from the foregoing, in the present embodiment, the following solution is used: configuration information is determined, wherein the configuration information is used to indicate a system message transmission configuration within the system message window, The system message sent by the base station device is received on the resource on the resource indicated by the configuration information. In this solution, the terminal device can accurately know the configuration of the system message transmission in the system message window, and therefore helps the terminal device to carry out operations such as reception and association operations and reception attempt operations subsequently, It is effective in reducing processing complexity and increasing coverage.

Example  6

According to the method described in the fifth and sixth embodiments, a method of transmitting a coverage enhancement for a system message will be described in detail by using an example in which a network side apparatus is specifically incorporated in a base station apparatus.

As shown in FIG. 5, a coverage enhancement transmission method for a system message is provided, and the specific procedure may be as follows:

501. The base station acquires the coverage enhancement requirement information of the system message, the coverage enhancement level information of the system message, the repetition frequency requirement information of the system message, and / or the number of times of reception attempts of the terminal apparatus.

502. The base station is configured according to the acquired coverage enhancement requirement information of the system message, the acquired coverage enhancement level information of the system message, the obtained iteration count requirement information of the system message, and / Where the configuration information indicates the configuration of the system message transmission in the system message window.

When the configuration information (i. E., The system message transmission configuration in the system message window) is determined, the system message configuration may first include coverage enhancement requirement information of the system message, coverage enhancement level information of the system message, May be determined according to acquired information, such as the number of attempts to receive the number of attempts of the terminal device, and then the configuration information is determined according to the determined system message configuration; Or the correspondence between the configuration information and the information such as the coverage enhancement requirement information of the system message, the coverage enhancement level information of the system message, the repetition frequency requirement information of the system message, and / And after information such as the coverage enhancement requirement information of the system message, the coverage enhancement level information of the system message, the repeat number requirement information of the system message, and / or the request number of times of the reception attempt of the terminal apparatus is acquired, Or corresponding configuration information is determined; Or a system message configuration may be obtained, and may be determined according to the configuration of the system message and the requirements for coverage enhancement of the system message, the level of coverage enhancement of the system message, the number of iterations of the system message, and / The configuration information is determined with reference to acquired information such as information.

If the configuration information is directly determined according to the obtained information such as the coverage enhancement requirement information of the system message, the coverage enhancement level information of the system message, the repeat number requirement information of the system message, and / or the reception attempt frequency requirement information of the terminal apparatus, The description can be as follows:

The number of transmissions of the system message is determined according to acquired information such as coverage enhancement requirement information of the system message, coverage enhancement level information of the system message, recurrence frequency requirement information of the system message, and / , Then the window length of the system message window is obtained and then the information about the subframe used when the system message is transmitted is determined by the window length of the system message window and the number of transmissions of the system message.

The window length of the system message window can be obtained in various manners. For example, a system message configuration may be obtained, and then the window length of the system message window may be extracted from the system message configuration.

The information on the subframe may include at least the position of the subframe, and in addition, the information on the subframe may further include information such as the number of subframes. That is, the information about the subframe can indicate the number of specific subframes, and a specific frame for transmitting the system message.

When the system message transmission configuration is performed in the system message window, the coverage enhancement requirement information can be satisfied in several ways, which may be specifically as follows:

(1) The coverage enhancement requirements are met by repeated transmissions.

That is, different repetition times may meet different coverage enhancement requirements.

A. If the different coverage enhancement requirements correspond to different repetition times, then the number of times that the system message should be transmitted in the system message window also differs, in which case the number of obtained subframes and the position of the corresponding subframe are also different, The different coverage enhancement requirements correspond to different system message transmission configurations within the system message window.

B. If the same coverage enhancement requirement corresponds to the same number of iterations, the number of times the system message should be transmitted in the system message window may be the same or different, and the location of the subframe for transmitting the system message may be the same May be different. If the positions of the subframes for transmitting the system messages are different, the same coverage enhancement requirements correspond to different system message transmission configurations in the system message window.

For example, in one example, the coverage requirement requires that the system message be transmitted four times, which may be specifically as follows.

If the length of the system message window is greater than 4 ms, then the system message can be sent in four times in the system message window, and four subframes from the system message window can be selected and the system message can be sent. For example, four subframes may be the first four subframes or the last four subframes; Or the length of the message window is 40 ms, subframe 1 in all radio frames of the four radio frames in the system message window may be used to transmit the system message, and the system message may be designated to be transmitted four times in total; Or subframe 0 in radio frame 1, subframe 3 in radio frame 2, subframe 5 in radio frame 3, and subframe 6 in radio frame 4 are used to transmit system messages, It may be designated to be transmitted four times, and so on. An example of this is not recounted here.

If the system message window can not be transmitted four times in the system message window, for example, if the length of the system message window is 1 ms or 2 ms, the terminal device for coverage enhancement uses the original system message window as a reference, Can be extended. For example, if the length of the original system message window is 1 ms, by calculation, it is found that the position of the system message window is subframe 3 in radio frame 2, and subframe 3 in radio frame 2 is system message Window can be used as a starting sub-frame that is extended for coverage enhancement, and the system message window is extended backward by three sub-frames: sub-frame 3, sub-frame 4 and sub-frame 5, Frame 6 is used as its extended system message window; Or subframe 3 may be used as an end subframe in which the system message window is extended, i.e., subframe 0, subframe 1, subframe 2, and subframe 3 are used as the extended system message window. Of course, subframe 3 can also be used as an intermediate position in the expansion of the system message window, which will not be described here again.

If the window length of the system message window is not sufficient to transmit the system message four times, in addition to the expansion of the system message window, the system message can be transmitted separately in a plurality of consecutive system message windows, Can be transmitted four times in successive system message windows individually. For example, if the length of the system message window is 2 ms, then the system message can be conveyed twice in the first system message window and the system message is conveyed twice in the second system message window.

Although the system message may be delivered four times in the system message window, the original system message window may also be extended to transmit the system message, or four system messages may be delivered to a plurality of consecutive system message windows. This is not described here again.

In addition, the number of transmissions required by the system message is greater than or equal to the window length of the system message window, and the system message can be delivered in all available subframes within the system message window.

(2) The coverage enhancement requirement is satisfied by adjusting the number of times of reception attempts of the terminal apparatus without repeating the information.

In this case, any subframe can be selected from the system message window and the system message can be transmitted.

(3) The coverage enhancement requirement is met by adjusting the number of times of repeated information and the number of receiving attempts of the terminal device.

The same coverage enhancement requirement can be satisfied by the number of times of receiving another information and the number of times of receiving information repeatedly. For example, a 5 dB coverage enhancement requirement may be satisfied by three reception attempts and six information iterations of the terminal device, or by two reception attempts and ten information iterations of the terminal device.

In the same coverage enhancement requirement, the number of reception attempts of the terminal equipments is configured differently, and therefore the number of information repetitions is correspondingly different, and the number of transmissions corresponding to the same coverage enhancement requirement of system messages in the system message window is also different , Which causes a difference in the selection of the subframe for transmitting the system message, i.e. the same coverage enhancement requirement corresponds to a different system message transmission configuration in the system message window.

Optionally, the reception attempt mode of the terminal device may be prescribed, and the number of transmissions of the system message in the system message window and the subframe for transmitting the system message in the system message window are determined according to the determined reception attempt mode. In the reception attempt mode, the number of combinations and the maximum number of reception attempts of each reception attempt of the number of reception attempts of the terminal apparatus can be prescribed.

For example, if four subframes are combined in each receive attempt of a terminal device, and if the length of the system message window is greater than 4 ms, then four subframes are selected from each system message window, And the terminal device performs the combination in each message reception window in an accumulative manner, which is used as one reception attempt of the terminal device; Or the system message is delivered twice each in two adjacent message reception windows, and the system messages in the two adjacent message reception windows are combined, and this is used as one reception attempt of the terminal device.

Also, if a relatively high number of reception attempts of the terminal apparatus is required, for example, when 16 reception attempts of the terminal apparatus are required, and if only resources of the conventional system message window are used, Time can be relatively long. Therefore, in this case, it can be considered that an extension has to be performed on the conventional system message window. The extension scheme is similar to the extension of the system message window described above, and will not be described here again.

In addition, the system message configuration may be further determined according to the determined system coverage enhancement requirements and / or the determined receive attempt mode of the terminal device, wherein the determined receive attempt mode of the terminal device is determined by the length of the system message window, And a system message update cycle. For example, if the coverage enhancement requirement is relatively high and the number of repetition times is relatively high, for example, if 16 repetitions are required, the length of the system message window may be configured to be 20 ms, 40 ms, and so on. Alternatively, if the number of reception attempts of the terminal apparatus is relatively large, the system message transmission period may be a relatively small value.

503. The base station apparatus notifies the terminal apparatus of the configuration information.

For example, in particular, the configuration information may be notified to the terminal device in the form of an independent message, or may be conveyed to an existing message and notified to the terminal device. This is not described here again.

504. The base station device transmits a system message on the resource indicated by the configuration information.

That is, the system message is transmitted according to the window length of the system message window, the system message period, the system message update period, information on the subframe used when the system message is transmitted, and / or the number of transmission of the system message in the system message window. do.

505. A terminal device receives configuration information and receives system messages transmitted by the base station on the resources indicated by the configuration information.

Subsequently, the terminal device may further perform processing for the received system message and may perform operations such as, for example, receiving and combining operations and receiving attempting operations.

As can be seen from the foregoing, in this embodiment the following solution is used: the base station device determines configuration information, which indicates the configuration of the system message transmission in the system message window, Notifies the configuration information, and then transmits the system message according to the configuration information. In this case, the terminal apparatus can receive the system message transmitted by the base station apparatus according to the configuration information. In this solution, the terminal device can accurately know the system message configuration and the system message transmission configuration within the system message window in a manner of notification or agreement between the network side device and the terminal device, and therefore, And it is effective in reducing the processing complexity of the terminal apparatus and enhancing the coverage.

Example  7

The same as the sixth embodiment is that this embodiment also provides an explanation by using an example in which the network side apparatus is specifically incorporated in the base station apparatus. The difference from Embodiment 6 is that the base station apparatus and the terminal apparatus agree in advance that the configuration information is used instead of the base station apparatus notifying the terminal apparatus in this embodiment. The detailed description is provided below.

As shown in FIG. 6, a coverage enhancement transmission method for a system message is provided, and a specific procedure may be as follows.

601. The base station device determines the configuration information according to the configuration rules agreed upon by the base station device and the terminal device, wherein the configuration information is used to indicate the configuration of the system message transmission in the system message window.

The system message transmission configuration in the system message window may include information about the subframe used when the system message is transmitted. In addition, optionally, the system message transmission configuration may further include the number of transmissions of the system message, and the number of transmissions of the system message may be determined according to information on the subframe used when the system message is transmitted.

Different system messages may have different system message transmission configurations within the system message window or they may have the same system message transmission configuration within the system message window and the same system messages may have different system message transmission configurations within the system message window , Or the same system message transmission configuration within the system message window. For example, when a system message is to be transmitted twice in one system message window, if the window length of the system message is 10 milliseconds (ms), any two of 10 sub-frames of 10 ms in length A system message can be transmitted twice by selecting an available subframe (1 ms is also the length of one subframe). The number of subframes in the system message window and used for transmission of system messages may be enumerated in a list.

The configuration rules agreed upon by the base station device and the terminal device can be individually preset on the base station device by the user, which can be specifically for example:

The corresponding system message configuration and system message transmission configuration in the system message window may include different coverage enhancement requirement information of the system message, different coverage enhancement level information of the system message, different iteration count requirement information of the system message, and / The number of attempts, the number of attempts, the number of attempts, the number of attempts, the number of attempts, the number of attempts, the number of attempts, the number of attempts, the number of attempts, A mapping relationship between information such as trial frequency information, and a mapping relationship between a system message transmission configuration and a system message configuration in a system message window are stored.

The configuration in which the base station device and the terminal device agree may be notified to the terminal device after it is determined by the base station, which may be specifically for example:

The base station device may also be configured to provide information such as different coverage enhancement requirement information of the system message, different coverage enhancement level information of the system message, different repetition frequency requirement information of the system message, and / Establishes a corresponding system message transmission configuration, and includes a system message transmission configuration in the system message window and coverage enhancement requirement information of the system message, a coverage enhancement level information of the system message, a repetition frequency requirement information of the system message, and / The number of attempts, the number of attempts, and the like, and then transmits the mapping relationship to the terminal device, and the terminal device stores the mapping relation.

A setting relationship between information such as system message transmission configuration and coverage promotion requirement information in the system message window, coverage enhancement level information, repetition frequency requirement information, or information on the number of times of attempted reception of a terminal device, and system message transmission configuration And the system message configuration, the above-described embodiment (for example, the fifth embodiment) can be referred to. This is not described here again.

602. The base station device transmits the system message on the resource indicated by the determined configuration information.

That is, the system message is transmitted according to the window length of the system message window, the system message period, the system message update period, the information about the subframe used when the system message is transmitted, and / or the number of transmissions of the system message in the system message window .

603. The terminal device determines the configuration information according to the configuration rule agreed upon by the terminal device and the base station device, and the configuration information is used to indicate the configuration of the system message transmission in the system message window.

The system message transmission configuration in the system message window may include information about the subframe used when the system message is transmitted. In addition, optionally, the system message transmission configuration may further include a number of transmissions of the system message, wherein the number of transmissions of the system message may also be determined according to information about the subframe used when the system message is transmitted.

Different system messages may have different system message transmission configurations within the system message window or they may have the same system message transmission configuration within the system message window and the same system messages may have different system message transmission configurations within the system message window , Or the same system message transmission configuration within the system message window.

The configuration rules agreed between the terminal device and the base station device can be preset individually by the user on the base station device and the terminal device, which can be specifically for example:

The corresponding system message configuration and system message transmission configuration in the system message window may include different coverage enhancement requirement information of the system message, different coverage enhancement level information of the system message, different iteration count requirement information of the system message, and / The number of attempts, the number of attempts, the number of attempts, the number of attempts, the number of attempts, the number of attempts, the number of attempts, the number of attempts, the number of attempts, The mapping relationship between the number of trial frequency information, and the mapping relationship between the system message transmission configuration and the system message configuration in the system message window.

A setting relationship between information such as system message transmission configuration and coverage promotion requirement information in the system message window, coverage enhancement level information, repetition frequency requirement information, or information on the number of times of attempted reception of a terminal device, and system message transmission configuration And the system message configuration, the above-described embodiment (for example, the fifth embodiment) can be referred to. This is not described here again.

In addition, it should be noted that the manner of determining the configuration information used by the terminal device must be consistent with the manner used by the base station device.

604. The terminal device receives the system message transmitted by the base station device on the resource indicated by the determined configuration information.

Subsequently, the terminal device may further perform processing on the received system message and perform operations such as, for example, receiving and combining operations and reception attempting operations.

As can be seen from the foregoing, the following solution is used in this embodiment: the base station device and the terminal device agree in advance of the configuration rules, and then the base station device and the terminal device, Wherein the configuration information indicates a system message transmission configuration in a system message window and the base station device then transmits the system message on the resource indicated by the configuration information, Lt; / RTI > receives the system message on the resource indicated by. In this solution, the terminal device can know precisely the system message transmission configuration in the system message window in a manner of agreement between the network side device and the terminal device, so that the terminal device can perform operations such as receiving and combining operation and reception attempting operation , Which reduces the processing complexity of the terminal device and is effective in enhancing coverage.

Example  8

In addition, this embodiment of the invention further provides a base station device. 7, the base station device includes: a processor 701, a memory 702 configured to store data, and a receive and transmit interface 703 configured to receive and transmit data, (701) is connected to the memory (702) and the reception and transmission interface (703) using a bus (BUS) (700). The functions of all the components in the base station device may be specifically as follows:

Processor 710 determines configuration information, which is used to indicate a configuration of a system message transmission in a system message window, and controls the receiving and transmitting interface 703 so as to determine, on the resource indicated by the configuration information, System message.

The system message transmission configuration in the system message window may include information about the subframe used when the system message is transmitted. In addition, optionally, the system message transmission configuration may further include the number of transmissions of the system message, and the number of transmissions of the system message may be determined according to information on the subframe used when the system message is transmitted.

Different system messages may have different system message transmission configurations within the system message window or they may have the same system message transmission configuration within the system message window and the same system messages may have different system message transmission configurations within the system message window , Or the same system message transmission configuration within the system message window. For example, when a system message is to be transmitted twice in one system message window, if the window length of the system message is 10 ms, any two available subframes among 10 subframes of 10 ms in length are selected The system message can be transmitted twice (1 ms is the length of one subframe).

The number of subframes in the system message window and used for transmission of system messages may be enumerated in a list.

The receive and transmit interface 703 is configured to send a system message on the resource indicated by the configuration information under the control of the processor 701 so that the terminal device can receive the system message according to the configuration information have.

The configuration information may be announced to the terminal device in a manner of agreement between the base station device and the terminal device, or may be notified to the terminal device after being directly determined by the network side device. If the configuration information is announced to the terminal device in a manner of agreement between the base station device and the terminal,

The processor 701 may be configured to determine configuration information according to a configuration rule agreed by the base station device and the terminal device.

If a method of directly notifying the terminal device is used,

The processor 701 may be further configured to control the receiving and transmitting interface to notify the terminal device of the configuration information,

The receiving and transmitting interface 703 can be configured to notify the terminal device of the configuration information under the control of the processor 701. [

If the system message transmission configuration indicates that the system message should be transmitted in all available subframes within the system message window, then the system message may be transmitted in all available subframes in the system message window. In other words,

Specifically, the processor 701 controls the receive and transmit interface 703 when the system message transmission configuration indicates that a system message should be transmitted in all available subframes in the system message window, May be configured to transmit a system message in an available subframe,

The receive and transmit interface 703 may be specifically configured to transmit a system message in all available subframes within the system message window under the control of the processor 701. [

When the system message transmission configuration indicates that the system message should be transmitted in some subframe within the system message window, in this case the system message may be sent in this designated subframe. In other words,

The receive and transmit interface 703 may be specifically configured to transmit a system message in a selected subframe.

When determining the configuration information (i.e., the configuration of sending a system message in the system message window), the processor 701 can use several methods, which may be specifically for example:

(1) First method:

The system message configuration can be obtained first, and then the configuration information is determined according to this system message configuration. In other words,

The processor 701 can be specifically configured to obtain a system message configuration including a configuration of a window length of a system message window and a configuration of a system message period, and determine configuration information according to the obtained system message configuration.

For example, the correspondence between the system message configuration and the configuration information (i.e., the system message transmission configuration) is defined first, and then the system message configuration is obtained, and then the corresponding configuration information Can be obtained by querying the corresponding relationship.

Such a correspondence between the system message configuration and the configuration information (i.e., the system message transmission configuration) may be determined by the network side apparatus and the terminal apparatus according to a specific configuration rule, or may be determined by the network side apparatus, . For example, the network-side device may determine a mapping table that is used to record "correspondence between system message configuration and configuration information (i.e., system message transmission configuration)" and then notify the terminal device of the mapping table have.

The system message configuration may include a configuration of a window length (si-WindowLength) of a system message, a configuration of a system message period (si-Periodicity), and the like. In addition, the system message configuration may further include a system message update period and the like. For example, the window length of the system message may be (ms1, ms2, ms5, ms10, ms15, ms20, ms40), and the period of the system message window may be (rf8, rf16, rf32, rf64, rf128, rf256, rf512), etc., where rf is a radio frame.

The different system messages may have different system message configurations or may have the same system message configuration and the system message configuration of the same system message may also be adjusted according to the requirements in the actual application, It is noted that the system message configuration can be achieved by selecting an appropriate window length and an appropriate system message period.

(2) Second method:

Specifically, information such as the coverage enhancement requirement information of the system message, the coverage enhancement level information of the system message, the repetition frequency requirement information of the system message, and / or the reception attempt frequency requirement information of the terminal apparatus can be obtained first, , The system message transmission configuration in the system message window may include acquired information such as the coverage enhancement requirement information of the system message, the coverage enhancement level information of the system message, the repeat number requirement information of the system message, and / . In other words,

The processor 701 specifically obtains information such as: the coverage enhancement requirement information of the system message, the coverage enhancement level information of the system message, the repeat number requirement information of the system message, and / To determine the system message transmission configuration within the system message window in accordance with the coverage enhancement requirement information of the system message, the coverage enhancement level information of the system message, the repetition frequency requirement information of the system message, and / .

(I. E., Coverage enhancement requirement information of the system message, coverage enhancement level information of the system message, repetition frequency requirement information of the system message), and / Information such as trial frequency requirement information) may be determined by the network side apparatus and the terminal apparatus according to a specific configuration rule, or may be determined by the network side apparatus and notified to the terminal apparatus. For example, a network-side device may be configured to receive information such as "configuration information (i.e., system message transmission configuration) and requirements information (i.e., coverage enhancement requirement information of system messages, coverage enhancement level information of system messages, And / or the information on the number of times of reception of the terminal apparatus), "a mapping table used to record the mapping table, and then notify the terminal apparatus of the mapping table.

In addition, information such as the coverage enhancement requirement information of the system message, the coverage enhancement level information of the system message, the repetition frequency requirement information of the system message, and / or the number of times of reception attempts of the terminal apparatus can be set by using various policies ; For example, information such as the coverage enhancement requirement information of the system message, the coverage enhancement level information of the system message, the repetition frequency requirement information of the system message, and / or the number of reception attempts information of the terminal apparatus is set exclusively for the system message . Alternatively, the level of coverage enhancement of the terminal device may be set, the level of coverage enhancement of the system message is determined according to the level of coverage enhancement of the terminal device, and then the information (i.e., the coverage enhancement requirement information of the system message, Coverage enhancement level information, information on the number of iterations of the system message, and / or the number of attempts to receive the number of attempts of the terminal device) is determined according to the coverage enhancement level of the system message. This is not described here again.

For the specific description of the coverage enhancement requirement information of the system message, the coverage enhancement level information of the system message, the repeat number requirement information of the system message, and / or the requirement information of the number of times of reception of the terminal apparatus, , Which is not described here again.

As two coverage enhancement techniques, signal repetition (i. E., Repetition frequency requirement information) and "attempt to receive terminal equipment" can be used in combination. The combination of the number of different iterations and the number of different reception attempts of the terminal apparatus may satisfy other coverage enhancement requirements.

Specifically, when a system message window is constructed, requirements for coverage enhancement requirements, coverage enhancement levels, requirements for the number of repetitions, and / or the number of times the terminal device is attempted to be received may also be configured in the system message window. For example, reference can be had to Figs. 1B and 1C, which are not described here again.

When determining the configuration information (i.e., system message transmission configuration in the system message window), the processor 701 first determines the coverage enhancement requirement information of the system message, the coverage enhancement level information of the system message, the repetition frequency requirement information of the system message, and / Or the received information such as the number of times of reception of the terminal device, and then determine the configuration information according to the determined system message configuration; Or the correspondence between the configuration information and the information such as the coverage enhancement requirement information of the system message, the coverage enhancement level information of the system message, the repeat number requirement information of the system message, and / , The coverage enhancement requirement information of the system message, the coverage enhancement level information of the system message, the repetition frequency requirement information of the system message, and / or the reception attempt frequency requirement information of the terminal apparatus, Determine corresponding configuration information; Or system message configuration, and may be configured to receive the system message configuration information and the coverage enhancement requirement information of the system message, the coverage enhancement level information of the system message, the repetition frequency requirement information of the system message, and / And determines the configuration information with reference to acquired information such as information. In other words,

The processor 701 specifically includes: acquired coverage enhancement requirement information of the system message, acquired coverage enhancement level information of the system message, acquired repeat count requirement information of the system message, and / Determine a system message configuration based on the information, and determine configuration information according to the determined system message configuration; or

The processor 701 obtains the system message configuration in addition to the information such as the coverage enhancement requirement information of the system message, the coverage enhancement level information of the system message, the repeat number requirement information of the system message, and / And then, in accordance with the obtained system message configuration, information such as the coverage enhancement requirement information of the system message, the coverage enhancement level information of the system message, the repeat number requirement information of the system message, and / Determining configuration information by referring to the acquired information; or

The processor 701 is configured in accordance with acquired information such as the coverage enhancement requirement information of the system message, the coverage enhancement level information of the system message, the repeat number requirement information of the system message, and / It is configured to directly determine the information, which may be specifically as follows:

The processor 701 specifically includes: acquired coverage enhancement requirement information of the system message, acquired coverage enhancement level information of the system message, acquired repeat count requirement information of the system message, and / Determines the number of transmissions of the system message according to the information (i.e., the total number of transmissions of the system message), acquires the window length of the system message window, and determines the subframe As shown in FIG.

The window length of the system message window can be obtained in various manners. For example, a system message configuration may be obtained, and then the window length of the system message window may be extracted from the system message configuration.

The information on the subframe may include at least the position of the subframe, and in addition, the information on the subframe may further include information such as the number of subframes. That is, the information about the subframe can indicate the number of specific subframes, and a specific frame for transmitting the system message.

In addition, when a subframe for transmitting a system message is selected, if the window length of the system message window is not sufficient to transmit N system messages, then the system message window can also be extended, A system message may be transmitted by selecting one frame from the system message window, where N is the number of transmissions of the system message in the system message window and N is an integer greater than zero. In other words,

Processor 701 specifically selects a subframe from the system message window to send a system message when the window length (i.e., the window length of the system message window) is sufficient to transmit N system messages; Or to extend the system message window when the window length is not sufficient to transmit N system messages, and to select the subframe from the extended system message window to transmit the system message.

Of course, when the window length (i.e., the window length of the system message window) is sufficient to transmit N system messages, the processor 701 may also extend the system message window and select a subframe from the extended system message window The system message can be transmitted.

Optionally, the system message window can not be extended and instead selects a subframe from a plurality of consecutive system message windows to transmit the system message. In other words,

The processor 701 can be configured to select a subframe from a plurality of consecutive system message windows of the determination unit and transmit the system message, in accordance with the window length and the number of transmissions.

Optionally, depending on the system message period, it may be determined whether a scheme of extending the system message window is used or a scheme using a plurality of consecutive system message windows is used. For example, if the system message period is long, a method of extending the system message window is used, and if the system message period is short, a method using a plurality of consecutive system message windows is used. That is, the detailed description may be as follows:

The processor 701 specifically includes: acquiring a system message period, determining whether a system message period exceeds a predetermined period threshold; When the period exceeds the period threshold, selecting a subframe from the system message window to transmit a system message when the window length is determined to be sufficient to transmit N system messages, And selecting a subframe from the extended system message window to transmit a system message or when the window length is not sufficient to transmit N system messages (N is the number of transmission of system messages) Expanding the window, selecting a subframe from the extended system message window to send a system message; Or selects a subframe from a plurality of consecutive system message windows according to the window length and the number of transmissions when the period does not exceed the period threshold, and transmits the system message.

The period threshold value may be set according to the requirements in a practical application, and will not be described here again.

Alternatively, when the number of reception attempts of the mobile terminal is relatively high, the time required before the terminal device receives the system message may be relatively long if only the resources of the original system message window are used. Therefore, in order to reduce the time required before the terminal device receives the system message, the system message window can also be extended in this case. In other words,

Specifically, the processor 701 determines the number of reception attempts of the terminal apparatus according to the reception attempt frequency requirement information of the terminal apparatus, expands the system message window when it is determined that the reception attempt number is larger than a predetermined threshold value; May select the subframe from the extended system message window and transmit the system message according to the window length of the system message window and the number of transmissions of the system message in the system message window.

Naturally, the number of times that the system message window is extended and therefore the system message can be transmitted in the same system message window also increases, and in this case, the number of reception attempts of the terminal apparatus can also correspondingly decrease. In addition, when the number of reception attempts of the terminal apparatus is relatively large, a relatively short system message period can be selected. This is not described in detail here.

The specific implementation of the above-described portion will be described with reference to the above-described embodiment, and will not be described again.

As can be seen from the foregoing, the base station apparatus in this embodiment can configure the configuration information, which is used to indicate the system message transmission configuration in the system message window, The system message can be transmitted on the resource indicated by the information, and accordingly, the terminal device receives the system message according to the configuration information. In this solution, the terminal device can accurately know the configuration of the system message transmission in the system message window, and therefore helps the terminal device to carry out operations such as reception and association operations and reception attempt operations subsequently, It is effective in reducing processing complexity and increasing coverage.

Example  9

This embodiment of the present invention further provides a terminal device. 8, a terminal device includes a processor 801, a memory 802 configured to store data, and a receive and transmit interface 803 configured to receive and transmit data, (801) is connected to the memory (802) and the reception and transmission interface (803) using a bus (BUS) (800). The functions of all the components in the base station device may be specifically as follows:

The processor 801 is configured to determine configuration information, and the configuration information is used to indicate a system message transmission configuration in a system message window.

The system message transmission configuration in the system message window may include information about the subframe used when the system message is transmitted. In addition, optionally, the system message transmission configuration may further include the number of transmissions of the system message, and the number of transmissions of the system message may be determined according to information on the subframe used when the system message is transmitted.

Different system messages may have different system message transmission configurations within the system message window or they may have the same system message transmission configuration within the system message window and the same system messages may have different system message transmission configurations within the system message window , Or the same system message transmission configuration within the system message window. For example, when a system message is to be transmitted twice in one system message window, if the window length of the system message is 10 milliseconds (ms), any two of 10 sub-frames of 10 ms in length A system message can be transmitted twice by selecting an available subframe (1 ms is also the length of one subframe).

The number of subframes in the system message window and used for transmission of system messages may be enumerated in a list.

The receive and transmit interface 803 is configured to receive, on the resource indicated by the configuration information, the system message sent by the base station device.

The configuration information may be acquired in a manner of agreement between the terminal apparatus and the base station apparatus, or may be notified directly to the terminal apparatus after being determined by the base station apparatus. In other words,

The processor 801 may be specifically configured to determine configuration information according to configuration rules agreed upon by the terminal device and the base station device; or

The receive and transmit interface 803 may be further configured to receive notifications sent by the base station apparatus with respect to configuration information,

In this case, the processor 801 can be configured to determine the configuration information in accordance with the notification (i.e., the notification regarding the configuration information) specifically.

If the system message transmission configuration indicates that a system message is to be transmitted in all available subframes within the system message window, then this indicates that the base station device transmits a system message in all available subframes in the system message window . Therefore, the system message transmitted by the base station apparatus can be received in every available subframe in the system message window. In other words,

Receive and transmit interface 893 specifically includes: in all available subframes in the system message window, when the system message transmission configuration indicates that a system message should be transmitted in all available subframes within the system message window, Lt; RTI ID = 0.0 > a < / RTI >

In this case, the system message sent by the base station apparatus can be received in this particular subframe, if the system message transmission configuration indicates that the system message should be transmitted in some subframe in the system message window. In other words,

Receive and transmit interface 803 may be specifically configured to receive, in the selected subframe, the system message transmitted by the base station apparatus.

If the configuration information is determined according to the configuration rules agreed between the terminal device and the base station device, the determination method used by the terminal device must be consistent with the method used by the base station device. When determining the configuration information (i.e., the system message transmission configuration in the system message window), the processor 801 may use one of the following schemes (providing that the scheme is consistent with the manner used by the base station apparatus) , Which may be specifically for example:

(1) First method:

The system message configuration can be obtained first, and then the configuration information is determined according to this system message configuration. In other words,

The processor 801 is specifically configured to obtain a system message configuration and determine configuration information according to the obtained system message configuration.

For example, the correspondence between the system message configuration and the configuration information (i.e., the system message transmission configuration) is defined first, and then the system message configuration is obtained, and then the corresponding configuration information Can be obtained by querying the corresponding relationship.

Such a correspondence between the system message configuration and the configuration information (i.e., the system message transmission configuration) may be determined by the network side apparatus and the terminal apparatus according to a specific configuration rule, or may be determined by the network side apparatus, . For example, the network-side device may determine a mapping table that is used to record "correspondence between system message configuration and configuration information (i.e., system message transmission configuration)" and then notify the terminal device of the mapping table have.

The system message configuration may include a configuration of a window length (si-WindowLength) of a system message, a configuration of a system message period (si-Periodicity), and the like. In addition, the system message configuration may further include a system message update period and the like. For example, the window length of the system message may be (ms1, ms2, ms5, ms10, ms15, ms20, ms40), and the period of the system message window may be (rf8, rf16, rf32, rf64, rf128, rf256, rf512), etc., where rf is a radio frame.

The different system messages may have different system message configurations or may have the same system message configuration and the system message configuration of the same system message may also be adjusted according to the requirements in the actual application, It is noted that the system message configuration can be achieved by selecting an appropriate window length and an appropriate system message period.

(2) Second method:

Specifically, information such as the coverage enhancement requirement information of the system message, the coverage enhancement level information of the system message, the repetition frequency requirement information of the system message, and / or the reception attempt frequency requirement information of the terminal apparatus can be obtained first, , The system message transmission configuration in the system message window may include information on acquired coverage enhancement requirements of the system message, information on the obtained coverage enhancement level of the system message, information on the number of repetitions of the system message obtained, and / And the number of times the information is acquired. In other words,

The processor 801 specifically obtains information such as: the coverage enhancement requirement information of the system message, the coverage enhancement level information of the system message, the repeat number requirement information of the system message, and / To determine the configuration information according to the acquired coverage enhancement requirement information of the system message, the acquired coverage enhancement level information of the system message, the acquired iteration count requirement information of the system message, and / Lt; / RTI >

(I. E., Coverage enhancement requirement information of the system message, coverage enhancement level information of the system message, repetition frequency requirement information of the system message), and / Information such as trial frequency requirement information) may be determined by the network side apparatus and the terminal apparatus according to a specific configuration rule, or may be determined by the network side apparatus and notified to the terminal apparatus. For example, a network-side device may be configured to receive information such as "configuration information (i.e., system message transmission configuration) and requirements information (i.e., coverage enhancement requirement information of system messages, coverage enhancement level information of system messages, And / or the information on the number of times of reception of the terminal apparatus), "a mapping table used to record the mapping table, and then notify the terminal apparatus of the mapping table.

In addition, information such as the coverage enhancement requirement information of the system message, the coverage enhancement level information of the system message, the repetition frequency requirement information of the system message, and / or the number of times of reception attempts of the terminal apparatus can be set by using various policies ; For example, information such as the coverage enhancement requirement information of the system message, the coverage enhancement level information of the system message, the repetition frequency requirement information of the system message, and / or the number of reception attempts information of the terminal apparatus is set exclusively for the system message . Alternatively, the level of coverage enhancement of the terminal device may be set, the level of coverage enhancement of the system message is determined according to the level of coverage enhancement of the terminal device, and then the information (i.e., the coverage enhancement requirement information of the system message, Coverage enhancement level information, information on the number of iterations of the system message, and / or the number of attempts to receive the number of attempts of the terminal device) is determined according to the coverage enhancement level of the system message. This is not described here again.

For the specific description of the coverage enhancement requirement information of the system message, the coverage enhancement level information of the system message, the repetition frequency requirement information of the system message, and / or the number of times of reception attempts of the terminal apparatus, This is not described here again.

As two coverage enhancement techniques, signal repetition and "attempt to receive terminal equipment" can be used in combination. The combination of the number of different iterations and the number of different reception attempts of the terminal apparatus may satisfy other coverage enhancement requirements.

Specifically, when a system message window is constructed, requirements for coverage enhancement requirements, coverage enhancement levels, requirements for the number of repetitions, and / or the number of times the terminal device is attempted to be received may also be configured in the system message window. For example, reference can be had to Figs. 1B and 1C, which are not described here again.

When determining the configuration information (i.e., system message transmission configuration in the system message window), the processor 801 first determines the coverage enhancement requirement information of the system message, the coverage enhancement level information of the system message, the repeat number requirement information of the system message, and / Or determination of the configuration of the system message according to the acquired information, such as the number of times of reception attempt of the terminal device, and then determine the configuration information (that is, the system message transmission configuration within the system message window) Or; Or the correspondence between the configuration information and the information such as the coverage enhancement requirement information of the system message, the coverage enhancement level information of the system message, the repeat number requirement information of the system message, and / , The coverage enhancement requirement information of the system message, the coverage enhancement level information of the system message, the repetition frequency requirement information of the system message, and / or the reception attempt frequency requirement information of the terminal apparatus, Determine corresponding configuration information; Or system message configuration, and may be configured to receive the system message configuration information and the coverage enhancement requirement information of the system message, the coverage enhancement level information of the system message, the repetition frequency requirement information of the system message, and / And determines the configuration information with reference to acquired information such as information. In other words,

The processor 801 specifically includes: the acquired coverage enhancement requirement information of the system message, the acquired coverage enhancement level information of the system message, the acquired iteration count requirement information of the system message, and / Determine a system message configuration according to the information, and determine configuration information according to the determined system message; or

The processor 801 acquires the system message configuration in addition to the information such as the coverage enhancement requirement information of the system message, the coverage enhancement level information of the system message, the repeat number requirement information of the system message, and / And then, in accordance with the obtained system message configuration, information such as the coverage enhancement requirement information of the system message, the coverage enhancement level information of the system message, the repeat number requirement information of the system message, and / Determining configuration information by referring to the acquired information; or

The processor 801 is configured in accordance with acquired information such as the coverage enhancement requirement information of the system message, the coverage enhancement level information of the system message, the repeat number requirement information of the system message, and / It is configured to directly determine the information, which may be specifically as follows:

The processor 801 specifically includes: the acquired coverage enhancement requirement information of the system message, the acquired coverage enhancement level information of the system message, the acquired iteration count requirement information of the system message, and / Determines the number of transmissions of the system message according to the information (i.e., the total number of transmissions of the system message), obtains the window length of the system message window, and when the base station apparatus transmits the system message, As shown in FIG.

The window length of the system message window can be obtained in various manners. For example, a system message configuration may be obtained, and then the window length of the system message window may be extracted from the system message configuration.

The information on the subframe may include at least the position of the subframe, and in addition, the information on the subframe may further include information such as the number of subframes. That is, the information about the subframe can indicate the number of specific subframes, and a specific frame for transmitting the system message.

In addition, when a subframe for transmitting a system message is selected, if the window length of the system message window is not sufficient to transmit N system messages, then the system message window can also be extended, Where N is the number of transmissions of system messages in the system message window and N is an integer greater than zero. In other words,

The processor 801 specifically selects a subframe from the system message window and receives a system message sent by the base station apparatus when the window length is sufficient to transmit N system messages or N is the number of transmissions of the system message -; Or to send a system message sent by the base station device by selecting a subframe from the extended system message window when the window length is not sufficient to transmit N system messages, have.

Of course, when the window length (i.e., the window length of the system message window) is sufficient to transmit N system messages, the processor 801 may also extend the system message window and select the subframe And receive the system message transmitted by the base station apparatus.

Optionally, the system message window can not be extended and instead selects a subframe from a plurality of consecutive system message windows to transmit the system message. In other words,

The processor 801 may be configured to select a subframe from a plurality of consecutive system message windows and receive a system message transmitted by the base station apparatus, in accordance with the window length and the number of transmissions.

Optionally, depending on the system message period, it may be determined whether a scheme of extending the system message window is used or a scheme using a plurality of consecutive system message windows is used. For example, if the system message period is long, a method of extending the system message window is used, and if the system message period is short, a method using a plurality of consecutive system message windows is used. In other words,

Processor 801 specifically includes: acquiring a system message period, determining whether a system message period exceeds a predetermined period threshold; Selecting a subframe from the system message window to receive a system message sent by the base station apparatus when the window length is determined to be sufficient to transmit N system messages if the period exceeds the period threshold, Receiving a system message transmitted by the base station apparatus by selecting a subframe from the extended system message window or when the window length is not sufficient to transmit N system messages, Expanding the system message window, selecting a subframe from the extended system message window to receive a system message sent by the base station apparatus; Or to select a subframe from a plurality of consecutive system message windows and receive a system message sent by the base station apparatus according to the window length and the number of transmissions if the period does not exceed the period threshold have.

The period threshold value may be set according to the requirements in a practical application, and will not be described here again.

Alternatively, when the number of reception attempts of the mobile terminal is relatively high, the time required before the terminal device receives the system message may be relatively long if only the resources of the original system message window are used. Therefore, in order to reduce the time required before the terminal device receives the system message, the system message window can also be extended in this case. In other words,

The processor 801 specifically determines the number of reception attempts of the terminal apparatus according to the reception attempt frequency requirement information of the terminal apparatus and expands the system message window when it is determined that the reception attempt number is larger than a predetermined threshold value; May select the subframe from the extended system message window and receive the system message sent by the base station apparatus, depending on the window length and number of transmissions.

Naturally, the number of times that the system message window is extended and therefore the system message can be transmitted in the same system message window also increases, and in this case, the number of reception attempts of the terminal apparatus can also correspondingly decrease. In addition, when the number of reception attempts of the terminal apparatus is relatively large, a relatively short system message period can be selected. This is not described in detail here.

The terminal device may specifically be a device such as a mobile phone, a tablet computer, or a personal computer.

The specific implementation of the above-described portion will be described with reference to the above-described embodiment, and will not be described again.

As can be seen from the foregoing, the terminal device in this embodiment can determine the configuration information, which is used to indicate the system message transmission configuration in the system message window, Receives the system message transmitted by the base station apparatus on the resource indicated by the base station apparatus. In this solution, the terminal device can accurately know the configuration of the system message transmission in the system message window, and therefore helps the terminal device to carry out operations such as reception and association operations and reception attempt operations subsequently, It is effective in reducing processing complexity and increasing coverage.

Those skilled in the art will appreciate that some or all of the steps of the method of the above-described embodiments may be performed by a program that commands the relevant hardware. The program may be stored in a computer-readable storage medium. The storage medium may be a read-only memory (ROM), a random access memory (RAM), a magnetic disk, or an optical disk.

The apparatus, system, and method for enhancing coverage for system messages according to embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail. The principles and practice of the present invention have been described herein using specific examples. The foregoing detailed description of the embodiments is merely intended to assist in understanding the methods and key concepts of the present invention. In addition, those skilled in the art will be able to make modifications in accordance with the concepts of the present invention in relation to particular embodiments and application ranges. Therefore, the contents of the present specification should not be construed as limiting the present invention.

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As a network side device,
A determination unit configured to determine configuration information, the configuration information being used to indicate a system message transmission configuration within a system message window; And
A transmission unit configured to transmit a system message on the resource indicated by the configuration information so that the terminal apparatus can receive the system message according to the configuration information,
And a network-side device. The method according to claim 1,
A notification unit configured to notify the terminal apparatus of the configuration information;
Further comprising: The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the determination unit is configured to determine configuration information in accordance with a configuration rule that is concretely agreed between the network side apparatus and the terminal apparatus. 4. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 3,
The transmission unit specifically sends a system message in all available subframes within the system message window when the system message transmission configuration indicates that the system message should be transmitted in all available subframes in the system message window Wherein the network side device is configured to transmit data. 4. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 3,
Wherein the determining unit is configured to obtain a system message configuration including a configuration of a window length of the system message window and a configuration of a system message period and to determine configuration information according to the obtained system message configuration, Side device. 4. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 3,
Specifically, the determination unit obtains the coverage enhancement requirement information of the system message, the coverage enhancement level information of the system message, the repeat number requirement information of the system message, and / or the requirement information of the number of attempts to receive the terminal, Based on the acquired coverage enhancement requirement information of the system message, the acquired coverage enhancement level information of the system message, the obtained number-of-repetition requirement information of the system message, and / Wherein the network side device is configured to determine information. The method according to claim 6,
Specifically, the determination unit is configured to determine whether the system message includes the acquired coverage enhancement requirement information of the system message, the acquired coverage enhancement level information of the system message, the obtained iteration count requirement information of the system message, and / Wherein the network side apparatus is configured to determine the system message configuration according to the trial frequency requirement information and to determine the configuration information according to the determined system message configuration. The method according to claim 6,
Specifically, the determination unit is configured to determine whether the system message includes the acquired coverage enhancement requirement information of the system message, the acquired coverage enhancement level information of the system message, the obtained iteration count requirement information of the system message, and / Determining a number of times of transmission of the system message according to the number-of-attempts requirement information, obtaining a window length of the system message window, and determining, based on the window length and the number of transmissions, Wherein information regarding the subframe includes at least a position of a subframe. 9. The method of claim 8,
Specifically, the determination unit selects a sub-frame from the system message window to transmit a system message, or extends the system message window when the window length is sufficient to transmit N system messages, Selecting a subframe from the message window to transmit a system message or N is the number of transmissions; Or to send a system message by selecting a subframe from the extended system message window and extending the system message window when the window length is not sufficient to transmit N system messages, . 9. The method of claim 8,
Wherein the determination unit is configured to select a subframe from a plurality of consecutive system message windows of the determination unit and transmit a system message, in accordance with the window length and the number of transmissions. 9. The method of claim 8,
Specifically, the determination unit obtains a system message period, and determines whether the system message period exceeds a predetermined period threshold, and if the period exceeds the period threshold, Selecting a subframe from the system message window to transmit a system message, expanding the system message window, and selecting a subframe from the extended system message window when it is determined that the system message window is sufficient to transmit N system messages, Send a message; Or when the window length is not sufficient to transmit N system messages, the system message window is expanded and a system message is transmitted by selecting a subframe from the extended system message window, or N is the number of transmissions, ; Or if the period does not exceed the period threshold, select a subframe from a plurality of consecutive system message windows according to the window length and the number of transmissions and transmit the system message. 9. The method of claim 8,
Specifically, the determination unit determines the number of reception attempts of the terminal apparatus according to the reception attempt frequency requirement information of the terminal apparatus, expands the system message window when it is determined that the reception attempt number is larger than a predetermined threshold value, And to transmit a system message by selecting a subframe from the extended system message window according to the window length and the number of transmissions. As a terminal device,
A determination unit configured to determine configuration information, the configuration information being used to indicate a system message transmission configuration within a system message window; And
A receiving unit configured to receive, on the resource indicated by the configuration information, a system message transmitted by the base station apparatus;
. 14. The method of claim 13,
The receiving unit is further configured to receive a notification transmitted by the base station apparatus with respect to the configuration information before the configuration information is determined,
Wherein the determination unit is configured to determine configuration information in accordance with the notification. 14. The method of claim 13,
Wherein the determination unit is configured to concretely determine configuration information according to a configuration rule agreed by the terminal apparatus and the base station apparatus. 16. The method according to any one of claims 13 to 15,
Specifically, the receiving unit is configured such that, when the system message transmission configuration indicates that the system message should be transmitted in all available subframes in the system message window, in all available subframes within the system message window, Wherein the terminal device is configured to receive the system message transmitted by the terminal device. 16. The method of claim 15,
Wherein the determination unit is configured to obtain a system message configuration including a configuration of a window length of the system message window and a configuration of a system message period and to determine configuration information according to the obtained system message configuration, Device. 16. The method of claim 15,
Specifically, the determination unit obtains the coverage enhancement requirement information of the system message, the coverage enhancement level information of the system message, the repeat number requirement information of the system message, and / or the requirement information of the number of attempts to receive the terminal, Based on the acquired coverage enhancement requirement information of the system message, the acquired coverage enhancement level information of the system message, the obtained number-of-repetition requirement information of the system message, and / Wherein the terminal device is configured to determine information. 19. The method of claim 18,
Specifically, the determination unit is configured to determine whether the system message includes the acquired coverage enhancement requirement information of the system message, the acquired coverage enhancement level information of the system message, the obtained iteration count requirement information of the system message, and / The system message configuration is determined according to the number-of-attempts requirement information, and the configuration is determined according to the determined system message configuration. 19. The method of claim 18,
Specifically, the determination unit is configured to determine whether the system message includes the acquired coverage enhancement requirement information of the system message, the acquired coverage enhancement level information of the system message, the obtained iteration count requirement information of the system message, and / The number of times of transmission of the system message is determined according to the number-of-attempts requirement information, the window length of the system message window is obtained, and the number of sub-frames used for transmitting the system message, And information on the sub-frame includes at least the position of the sub-frame. 21. The method of claim 20,
Specifically, the determination unit may select a subframe from the system message window to receive a system message sent by the base station apparatus when the window length is sufficient to transmit N system messages, - selecting a subframe from the extended system message window to receive the system message transmitted by the base station apparatus, or - N being the number of transmissions; Or to expand the system message window when the window length is not sufficient to transmit N system messages and to select a subframe from the extended system message window to receive the system message sent by the base station apparatus And the terminal device. 21. The method of claim 20,
Wherein the determination unit is configured to select a subframe from a plurality of consecutive system message windows in accordance with the window length and the number of transmissions to receive the system message transmitted by the base station apparatus. 21. The method of claim 20,
The determination unit specifically obtains a system message period, determines whether the system message period exceeds a predetermined period threshold, and if the period exceeds the period threshold, Selecting a subframe from the system message window to receive a system message transmitted by the base station apparatus, expanding the system message window, selecting a subframe from the extended system message window Receiving a system message transmitted by the base station apparatus; Or when the window length is not sufficient to transmit N system messages, expanding the system message window and selecting a subframe from the extended system message window to receive the system message sent by the base station apparatus - N is the number of transmissions; Or if the period does not exceed the period threshold, selecting a subframe from a plurality of consecutive system message windows according to the window length and the number of transmissions to receive the system message sent by the base station apparatus The terminal device. 21. The method of claim 20,
Specifically, the determination unit determines the number of reception attempts of the terminal apparatus according to the reception attempt frequency requirement information of the terminal apparatus, expands the system message window when it is determined that the reception attempt number is larger than a predetermined threshold value, And selecting a subframe from the extended system message window according to the window length and the number of transmissions to receive the system message transmitted by the base station apparatus. A communication system including a network side apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 12 and a terminal apparatus according to any one of claims 13 to 24. 13. A method of transmitting a coverage enhancement for a system message,
Determining configuration information, wherein the configuration information is used to indicate a system message transmission configuration within a system message window; And
Transmitting a system message on the resource indicated by the configuration information so that the terminal device can receive the system message according to the configuration information
Wherein the coverage enhancement transmission method comprises: 27. The method of claim 26,
After determining the configuration information,
Notifying the terminal device of the configuration information
Further comprising the step of: 27. The method of claim 26,
Wherein the step of determining the configuration information comprises:
A step of determining the configuration information according to a configuration rule agreed upon between the network side device and the terminal device
Wherein the coverage enhancement transmission method comprises: 29. The method according to any one of claims 26 to 28,
Wherein sending the system message on the resource indicated by the configuration information when the system message transmission configuration indicates that the system message should be transmitted in all available subframes within the system message window,
Transmitting a system message in all available subframes within the system message window
Wherein the coverage enhancement transmission method comprises: 29. The method according to any one of claims 26 to 28,
Wherein the step of determining the configuration information comprises:
Obtaining a system message configuration including a configuration of a window length of the system message window and a configuration of a system message period; And
Determining configuration information according to the obtained system message configuration
Wherein the coverage enhancement transmission method comprises: 29. The method according to any one of claims 26 to 28,
Wherein the step of determining the configuration information comprises:
Acquiring the coverage enhancement requirement information of the system message, the coverage enhancement level information of the system message, the repeat number requirement information of the system message, and / or the requirement information of the number of attempts to receive the terminal device; And
Based on the acquired coverage enhancement requirement information of the system message, the acquired coverage enhancement level information of the system message, the obtained number-of-repetition requirement information of the system message, and / Steps to determine information
Wherein the coverage enhancement transmission method comprises: 32. The method of claim 31,
Based on the acquired coverage enhancement requirement information of the system message, the acquired coverage enhancement level information of the system message, the obtained number-of-repetition requirement information of the system message, and / The step of determining information comprises:
Based on the acquired coverage enhancement requirement information of the system message, the acquired coverage enhancement level information of the system message, the obtained number-of-repetition requirement information of the system message, and / Determining a message configuration; And
Determining configuration information according to the determined system message configuration
Wherein the coverage enhancement transmission method comprises: 32. The method of claim 31,
If the system message transmission configuration includes information about a subframe used when the system message is transmitted, information on the acquired coverage enhancement requirement of the system message, acquired coverage enhancement level information of the system message, The step of determining the configuration information according to the acquired number-of-times requirement information and / or the number-of-attempts-to-
And the information about the number of times of reception of the system message received, information on the obtained coverage enhancement level of the system message, information on the obtained coverage enhancement level of the system message, information on the number of times of repeated acquisition of the system message, Determining a number of transmissions of a system message;
Obtaining a window length of the system message window; And
Determining information about a subframe used when the system message is transmitted according to the window length and the number of transmissions
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Wherein the information about the subframe includes a position of at least a subframe. 34. The method of claim 33,
Determining information on a subframe used when the system message is transmitted, according to the window length and the number of transmissions,
Selecting a subframe from the system message window to transmit a system message when the window length is sufficient to transmit N system messages, expanding the system message window, selecting a subframe from the extended system message window Transmitting a system message, wherein N is the number of transmissions; or
Expanding the system message window when the window length is not sufficient to transmit N system messages, selecting a subframe from the extended system message window and transmitting a system message
Wherein the coverage enhancement transmission method comprises: 34. The method of claim 33,
Determining information on a subframe used when the system message is transmitted, according to the window length and the number of transmissions,
Selecting a subframe from a plurality of consecutive system message windows according to the window length and the number of transmissions and transmitting a system message
Wherein the coverage enhancement transmission method comprises: 34. The method of claim 33,
The coverage enhancement transmission method includes:
Acquiring a system message period
Further comprising:
Determining information on a subframe used when the system message is transmitted, according to the window length and the number of transmissions,
Determining if the system message period exceeds a predetermined period threshold; And
When the period exceeds the period threshold, selecting a subframe from the system message window to transmit a system message when the window length is determined to be sufficient to transmit N system messages, Selecting a subframe from the extended system message window to transmit a system message; Or when the window length is not sufficient to transmit N system messages, expanding the system message window, selecting a subframe from the extended system message window and transmitting a system message, N is the number of transmissions -; or
Selecting a subframe from a plurality of consecutive system message windows according to the window length and the number of transmissions if the period does not exceed the period threshold and transmitting the system message
Wherein the coverage enhancement transmission method comprises: 34. The method of claim 33,
Before the step of determining information on a subframe used when the system message is transmitted, according to the window length and the number of transmissions,
Determining a number of reception attempts of the terminal apparatus according to the reception attempt frequency requirement information of the terminal apparatus and expanding the system message window when the reception attempt number is determined to be larger than a predetermined threshold value
Further comprising:
Determining information on a subframe used when the system message is transmitted, according to the window length and the number of transmissions,
Selecting a subframe from the extended system message window according to the window length and the number of transmissions and transmitting a system message
Wherein the coverage enhancement transmission method comprises: 13. A method of transmitting a coverage enhancement for a system message,
Determining configuration information, wherein the configuration information is used to indicate a system message transmission configuration within a system message window; And
Receiving, on the resource indicated by the configuration information, a system message transmitted by the base station apparatus
Wherein the coverage enhancement transmission method comprises: 39. The method of claim 38,
Before the step of determining the configuration information, the coverage enhancement transmission method includes:
Receiving a notification transmitted by the base station apparatus with respect to the configuration information
Further comprising:
Wherein the step of determining the configuration information comprises:
Determining configuration information in accordance with the notification
Wherein the coverage enhancement transmission method comprises: 39. The method of claim 38,
Wherein the step of determining the configuration information comprises:
Determining configuration information according to a configuration rule agreed upon by the terminal device and the base station device
Wherein the coverage enhancement transmission method comprises: 41. The method according to any one of claims 38 to 40,
When the system message transmission configuration indicates that the system message should be transmitted in all available subframes within the system message window,
Wherein receiving the system message transmitted by the base station apparatus on the resource indicated by the configuration information comprises:
Receiving, in all available subframes within the system message window, a system message sent by the base station apparatus
Wherein the coverage enhancement transmission method comprises: 41. The method of claim 40,
Wherein the step of determining the configuration information according to a configuration rule agreed by the terminal apparatus and the base station apparatus comprises:
Obtaining a system message configuration including a configuration of a window length of the system message window and a configuration of a system message period; And
Determining configuration information according to the obtained system message configuration
Wherein the coverage enhancement transmission method comprises: 41. The method of claim 40,
Wherein the step of determining the configuration information according to a configuration rule agreed by the terminal apparatus and the base station apparatus comprises:
Acquiring the coverage enhancement requirement information of the system message, the coverage enhancement level information of the system message, the repeat number requirement information of the system message, and / or the requirement information of the number of attempts to receive the terminal device; And
Based on the acquired coverage enhancement requirement information of the system message, the acquired coverage enhancement level information of the system message, the obtained number-of-repetition requirement information of the system message, and / Steps to determine information
Wherein the coverage enhancement transmission method comprises: 44. The method of claim 43,
Based on the acquired coverage enhancement requirement information of the system message, the acquired coverage enhancement level information of the system message, the obtained number-of-repetition requirement information of the system message, and / The step of determining information comprises:
Based on the acquired coverage enhancement requirement information of the system message, the acquired coverage enhancement level information of the system message, the obtained number-of-repetition requirement information of the system message, and / Determining a message configuration; And
Determining a configuration according to the determined system message configuration
Wherein the coverage enhancement transmission method comprises: 44. The method of claim 43,
If the system message transmission configuration includes information about a subframe used when the base station device transmits a system message, information on the acquired coverage enhancement requirement of the system message, acquired coverage enhancement level information of the system message, The step of determining the configuration information according to the acquired number-of-repetition requirement information of the message, and / or the number-of-
And the information about the number of times of reception of the system message received, information on the obtained coverage enhancement level of the system message, information on the obtained coverage enhancement level of the system message, information on the number of times of repeated acquisition of the system message, Determining a number of transmissions of a system message;
Obtaining a window length of the system message window; And
Determining information about a subframe used when the base station apparatus transmits a system message according to the window length and the number of transmissions
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Wherein the information about the subframe includes a position of at least a subframe. 46. The method of claim 45,
Determining information on a subframe used when the base station apparatus transmits a system message according to the window length and the number of transmissions,
Selecting a subframe from the system message window to receive a system message sent by the base station apparatus when the window length is sufficient to transmit N system messages, expanding the system message window, Selecting a subframe from a message window and receiving a system message transmitted by the base station apparatus, wherein N is the number of transmissions; or
Expanding the system message window when the window length is not sufficient to transmit N system messages and selecting a subframe from the extended system message window to receive a system message sent by the base station apparatus
Wherein the coverage enhancement transmission method comprises: 46. The method of claim 45,
Determining information on a subframe used when the base station apparatus transmits a system message according to the window length and the number of transmissions,
Selecting a subframe from a plurality of consecutive system message windows according to the window length and the number of transmissions and receiving a system message transmitted by the base station apparatus
Wherein the coverage enhancement transmission method comprises: 46. The method of claim 45,
The coverage enhancement transmission method includes:
Acquiring a system message period
Further comprising:
Determining information on a subframe used when the base station apparatus transmits a system message according to the window length and the number of transmissions,
Determining if the system message period exceeds a predetermined period threshold; And
Selecting a subframe from the system message window to receive a system message sent by the base station apparatus when the window length is determined to be sufficient to transmit N system messages if the period exceeds the period threshold, Expanding the system message window, selecting a subframe from the extended system message window to receive a system message sent by the base station apparatus; Or when the window length is not sufficient to transmit N system messages, expanding the system message window and selecting a subframe from the extended system message window to receive a system message sent by the base station apparatus Step - N is the number of transmissions; or
Selecting a subframe from a plurality of consecutive system message windows according to the window length and the number of transmissions if the period does not exceed the period threshold and receiving a system message transmitted by the base station apparatus
Wherein the coverage enhancement transmission method comprises: 46. The method of claim 45,
Before the step of determining information on a subframe used when the base station apparatus transmits a system message according to the window length and the number of transmissions,
Determining a number of reception attempts of the terminal apparatus according to the reception attempt frequency requirement information of the terminal apparatus and expanding the system message window when the reception attempt number is determined to be larger than a predetermined threshold value
Further comprising:
Determining information on a subframe used when the base station apparatus transmits a system message according to the window length and the number of transmissions,
Selecting a subframe from the extended system message window according to the window length and the number of transmissions and receiving a system message transmitted by the base station apparatus
Wherein the coverage enhancement transmission method comprises: A base station apparatus,
The base station device comprising a processor, a memory configured to store data, and a receive and transmit interface configured to receive and transmit data,
Wherein the processor is configured to determine configuration information, the configuration information being used to indicate a system message transmission configuration in a system message window, and to control the receiving and transmitting interface to transmit a system message on the resource indicated by the configuration information In addition,
Wherein the receiving and transmitting interface is configured to transmit a system message on the resource indicated by the configuration information under control of the processor such that the terminal device can receive the system message according to the configuration information. 51. The method of claim 50,
Wherein the processor is further configured to control the receiving and transmitting interface to notify the terminal device of the configuration information,
Wherein the receive and transmit interface is configured to notify configuration information to a terminal device under the control of the processor. 51. The method of claim 50,
Wherein the processor is configured to specifically determine configuration information according to a configuration rule agreed upon by the network side apparatus and the terminal apparatus. 53. The method of any one of claims 50-52,
The processor controls the receive and transmit interfaces to control all use in the system message window, in particular when the system message transmission configuration indicates that the system message should be transmitted in all available subframes in the system message window And to transmit the system message in a possible subframe,
Wherein the receive and transmit interface is specifically configured to transmit a system message in all available subframes within the system message window under the control of the processor. 53. The method of any one of claims 50-52,
Wherein the processor is configured to obtain a system message configuration comprising a configuration of a window length of the system message window and a configuration of a system message period and to determine configuration information according to the obtained system message configuration, . 53. The method of any one of claims 50-52,
Specifically, the processor obtains coverage enhancement requirement information of the system message, coverage enhancement level information of the system message, recurrence frequency requirement information of the system message, and / or requirement information of the number of times of reception of the terminal device, Based on the acquired coverage enhancement requirement information of the system message, the acquired coverage enhancement level information of the system message, the obtained number-of-repetition requirement information of the system message, and / The base station apparatus comprising: 56. The method of claim 55,
Specifically, the processor is configured to determine whether the received coverage enhancement requirement information of the system message, the acquired coverage enhancement level information of the system message, the obtained iteration count requirement information of the system message, and / And determines the configuration information according to the determined system message configuration. 56. The method of claim 55,
Specifically, the processor is configured to determine whether the received coverage enhancement requirement information of the system message, the acquired coverage enhancement level information of the system message, the obtained iteration count requirement information of the system message, and / Determines the number of times of transmission of the system message according to the number requirement information, acquires the window length of the system message window, and acquires information about a subframe used when the system message is transmitted according to the window length and the number of transmissions , And the information on the subframe includes at least the position of the subframe. As a terminal device,
The terminal device includes a processor, a memory configured to store data, and a receive and transmit interface configured to receive and transmit data,
Wherein the processor is configured to determine configuration information, wherein the configuration information is used to indicate a system message transmission configuration within a system message window,
Wherein the receiving and transmitting interface is configured to receive, on the resource indicated by the configuration information, a system message transmitted by the base station device. 59. The method of claim 58,
Wherein the receiving and transmitting interface is further configured to receive a notification sent by the base station apparatus with respect to the configuration information,
Wherein the processor is configured to determine configuration information in accordance with the notification. 59. The method of claim 58,
Wherein the processor is configured to concretely determine configuration information according to a configuration rule agreed by the terminal apparatus and the base station apparatus. 60. The method according to any one of claims 58 to 60,
The receiving and interface specifically specifies, when the system message transmission configuration indicates that the system message should be transmitted in all available subframes in the system message window, in all available subframes in the system message window, And is configured to receive a system message sent by the device. 64. The method of claim 60,
Wherein the processor is configured to obtain a system message configuration comprising a configuration of a window length of the system message window and a configuration of a system message period and to determine configuration information according to the obtained system message configuration, . 64. The method of claim 60,
Specifically, the processor obtains coverage enhancement requirement information of the system message, coverage enhancement level information of the system message, recurrence frequency requirement information of the system message, and / or requirement information of the number of times of reception of the terminal device, Based on the acquired coverage enhancement requirement information of the system message, the acquired coverage enhancement level information of the system message, the obtained number-of-repetition requirement information of the system message, and / Is determined. 64. The method of claim 63,
Specifically, the processor is configured to determine whether the received coverage enhancement requirement information of the system message, the acquired coverage enhancement level information of the system message, the obtained iteration count requirement information of the system message, and / And determines the configuration according to the determined system message configuration. 64. The method of claim 63,
Specifically, the processor is configured to determine whether the received coverage enhancement requirement information of the system message, the acquired coverage enhancement level information of the system message, the obtained iteration count requirement information of the system message, and / Determines the number of transmissions of the system message according to the frequency requirement information, obtains the window length of the system message window, and determines the number of transmission times of the system message window based on the window length and the number of transmissions, Wherein the information on the subframe includes at least the position of the subframe.

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